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Meaning of flare
noun
- A sudden bright light.
- A source of brightly burning light or intense heat. Example: solar flare
- A sudden eruption or outbreak; a flare-up.
- A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width. Example: During assembly of a flare tube fitting, a flare nut is used to secure the flared tubing’s tapered end to the also tapered fitting, producing a pressure-resistant, leak-tight seal.
- (in plural) Bell-bottom trousers.
verb
- To cause to burn.
- To cause inflammation; to inflame.
- To open outward in shape. Example: The building flared from the third through the seventh floors to occupy the airspace over the entrance plaza. (intransitive)
- To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
- To blaze brightly. Example: The blast furnace flared in the night.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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