flare
pronunciation
How to pronounce flare in British English:
UK [fleə(r)]
How to pronounce flare in American English:
US [fler]
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- Noun:
- a shape that spreads outward
- a sudden burst of flame
- a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
- reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation
- a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms
- a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference
- am unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection)
- a sudden outburst of emotion
- a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification
- a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines
- (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield
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- Verb:
- burn brightly
- become flared and widen, usually at one end
- shine with a sudden light
- erupt or intensify suddenly
Word Origin
- flare (v.)
- 1540s, "spread out" (hair), of unknown origin, perhaps from Scandinavian or from Dutch vlederen. Meaning "shine out with a sudden light" is from 1630s. The notion of "spreading out in display" is behind the notion of "spreading gradually outward" (1640s). Related: Flared; flaring.
- flare (n.)
- "a giving off of a bright, unsteady light," 1814, from flare (v.). This led to the sense of "signal fire" (1883). The astronomy sense is from 1937. Meaning "a gradual widening or spreading" is from 1910; hence flares "flared trousers" (1964).
Example
- 1. A small flare rises from the active area on the left .
- 2. Rather , they are rooted in a mixture of personal arguments and cultural misunderstandings that can flare fatally among heavily armed young men .
- 3. Here , as the third diagram shows , it would be collected by " capture vessels " kitted out with special modules that would flare off dissolved gas and pump the liquid into adjacent tankers .
- 4. The flare sent a cme racing toward earth at 250 miles ( 400 kilometers ) per second .
- 5. But although small , the flare are still up to 100 times brighter than sgr a * 's background emissions .