ALL meanings of flared
flare
F f - verb without object flared to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind. 1
- verb without object flared to blaze with a sudden burst of flame (often followed by up): The fire flared up as the paper caught. 1
- verb without object flared 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 flared 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 flared to shine or glow. 1
- verb without object flared to spread gradually outward, as the end of a trumpet, the bottom of a wide skirt, or the sides of a ship. 1
- verb with object flared to cause (a candle, torch, etc.) to burn with a swaying flame. 1
- verb with object flared to display conspicuously or ostentatiously. 1
- verb with object flared to signal by flares of fire or light. 1
- verb with object flared to cause (something) to spread gradually outward in form. 1
- verb with object flared Metallurgy. to heat (a high-zinc brass) to such a high temperature that the zinc vapors begin to burn. 1
- verb with object flared to discharge and burn (excess gas) at a well or refinery. 1
- noun flared a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind. 1
- noun flared a sudden blaze or burst of flame. 1
- noun flared a bright blaze of fire or light used as a signal, a means of illumination or guidance, etc. 1
- noun flared a device or substance used to produce such a blaze of fire or light. 1
- noun flared a sudden burst, as of zeal or of anger. 1
- noun flared a gradual spread outward in form; outward curvature: the flare of a skirt. 1
- noun flared something that spreads out. 1
- noun flared Optics. light, often unwanted or extraneous, reaching the image plane of an optical instrument, as a camera, resulting from reflections, scattering by lenses, and the like. 1
- noun flared Photography. a fogged appearance given to an image by reflection within a camera lens or within the camera itself. 1
- noun flared Also called solar flare. Astronomy. a sudden and brief brightening of the solar atmosphere in the vicinity of a sunspot that results from an explosive release of particles and radiation. 1
- noun flared Football. a short pass thrown to a back who is running toward a sideline and is not beyond the line of scrimmage. 1
- noun flared Television. a dark area on a CRT picture tube caused by variations in light intensity. 1
- adjective flared trousers: wide at ankle 1
- adjective flared nostrils: open wide 1
- noun flared Simple past tense and past participle of flare. 1
- adjective flared Flared skirts or trousers are wider at the bottom or at the end of the legs than at the top. 0