flare

flare is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

[2] To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.

[3] To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy. With ribbons pendant, flaring about her head. Shak.

[4] To be exosed to too much light. [Obs.] Flaring in sunshine all the day. Prior.

[5] To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare. To flare up, to become suddenly heated or excited; to burst into a passion. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

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