FLARE

v. n.

8 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

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

2.
v.

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

3.
v.

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

4.
v.

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

5.
v.

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.

6.
n.

An unsteady, broad, offensive light.

7.
n.

A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.

8.
n.

Leaf of lard. "Pig's flare." Dunglison.

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