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flares

flare
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [flair]
    • /flɛər/
    • /fleər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [flair]
    • /flɛər/

Definitions of flares word

  • verb without object flares to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind. 1
  • verb without object flares to blaze with a sudden burst of flame (often followed by up): The fire flared up as the paper caught. 1
  • verb without object flares to start up or burst out in sudden, fierce intensity or activity (often followed by up): His stomach problems have flared up. 1
  • verb without object flares to become suddenly enraged; express sudden, fierce anger or passion (usually followed by up or out): I’m not a person who flares easily. She sometimes flares out at the kids. 1
  • verb without object flares to shine or glow. 1
  • verb without object flares to spread gradually outward, as the end of a trumpet, the bottom of a wide skirt, or the sides of a ship. 1

Information block about the term

Origin of flares

First appearance:

before 1540
One of the 30% oldest English words
1540-50; original meaning: spread out, said of hair, a ship's sides, etc.; compare Old English flǣre either of the spreading sides at the end of the nose

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Flares

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

flares popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

flares usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for flares

verb flares

  • blazes — (intensifier)
  • flames — burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
  • burns — Robert. 1759–96, Scottish lyric poet. His verse, written mostly in dialect, includes love songs, nature poetry, and satires. Auld Lang Syne and Tam o' Shanter are among his best known poems
  • darts — any of various competitive games in which darts are thrown at a dartboard
  • fumes — Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature: tobacco fumes; noxious fumes of carbon monoxide.

Antonyms for flares

verb flares

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