Found 1 hit - Term: to flare up, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
flare \flare\ fl^ar, v. i. imp. p. p. flared
fl^ard; p. pr. vb. n. flaring. cf. norw. flara to
blaze, flame, adorn with tinsel, dial. sw. flasa upp, and e.
flash, or flacker.
1. to burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle
flares.
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2. to shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a
dazzling or painfully bright light.
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3. to shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be
offensively bright or showy.
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with ribbons pendant, flaring about her head.
--shak.
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4. to be exposed to too much light. obs.
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flaring in sunshine all the day. --prior.
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5. to open or spread outwards; to project beyond the
perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of
a ship flare.
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to flare up, to become suddenly heated or excited; to burst
into a passion. colloq. --thackeray.
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see also:
flared flaring to flare up
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