ALL meanings of flaring
flar·ing
F f - adjective flaring blazing; flaming. 1
- adjective flaring glaringly bright or showy. 1
- adjective flaring spreading gradually outward in form: a flaring skirt. 1
- verb without object flaring to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind. 1
- verb without object flaring to blaze with a sudden burst of flame (often followed by up): The fire flared up as the paper caught. 1
- verb without object flaring 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 flaring 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 flaring to shine or glow. 1
- verb without object flaring 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 flaring to cause (a candle, torch, etc.) to burn with a swaying flame. 1
- verb with object flaring to display conspicuously or ostentatiously. 1
- verb with object flaring to signal by flares of fire or light. 1
- verb with object flaring to cause (something) to spread gradually outward in form. 1
- verb with object flaring Metallurgy. to heat (a high-zinc brass) to such a high temperature that the zinc vapors begin to burn. 1
- verb with object flaring to discharge and burn (excess gas) at a well or refinery. 1
- noun flaring a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind. 1
- noun flaring a sudden blaze or burst of flame. 1
- noun flaring a bright blaze of fire or light used as a signal, a means of illumination or guidance, etc. 1
- noun flaring a device or substance used to produce such a blaze of fire or light. 1
- noun flaring a sudden burst, as of zeal or of anger. 1
- noun flaring a gradual spread outward in form; outward curvature: the flare of a skirt. 1
- noun flaring something that spreads out. 1
- noun flaring 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 flaring Photography. a fogged appearance given to an image by reflection within a camera lens or within the camera itself. 1
- noun flaring 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 flaring Football. a short pass thrown to a back who is running toward a sideline and is not beyond the line of scrimmage. 1
- noun flaring Television. a dark area on a CRT picture tube caused by variations in light intensity. 1
- noun flaring Present participle of flare. 1
- adjective flaring blazing unsteadily for a little while 0
- adjective flaring gaudy; lurid 0
- adjective flaring curving or spreading outward 0
- noun flaring The act of something that flares. 0