flares
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Definitions offlares
- 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.
- The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
Example: "The captain executed the flare perfectly, and we lightly touched down."
- A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders.
Synonyms: "Texas leaguer", blooper
Example: "Jones hits a little flare to left that falls for a single."
- A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arcing upfield looking for a short pass.
- Short for lens flare.
- 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."
- To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
Example: "The candle flared in a sudden draught."
- To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy.
- To suddenly happen or intensify.
Synonyms: "flare up"
- To suddenly erupt in anger.
Synonyms: "flare up"
- To be exposed to too much light.
- Bell-bottoms, pants with flared legs.
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