Boost your vocab and unleash your potential!

Recently viewed words:
Definitions of flare
  1. verb
    erupt or intensify suddenly
    "Tempers flared at the meeting"
    type of:
  2. noun
    a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines
    "he threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss"

    Similar: 

    type of:
  3. verb
    burn brightly
    "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity"
    type of:
  4. noun
    a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

    Similar: 

    type of:
  5. verb
    shine with a sudden light
    "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment"

    Similar: 

    type of:
  6. verb
    become flared and widen, usually at one end
    "The bellbottom pants flare out"

    Similar: 

    type of:
  7. noun
    a shape that spreads outward
    "the skirt had a wide flare"

    Similar: 

    type of:
  8. noun
    a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference

    Similar: 

    type of:
  9. noun
    a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification
    type of:
  10. noun
    am unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection)
  11. noun
    a sudden burst of flame
    type of:
  12. noun
    a sudden outburst of emotion
    "she felt a flare of delight" "she could not control her flare of rage"
  13. noun
    a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms
    "a colitis flare" "infection can cause a lupus flare"
    type of:
  14. noun
    (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield
    type of:
  15. noun
    reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation
    type of:
Examples of flare
  • "Tempers flared at the meeting"
  • "he threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss"
  • "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity"
  • "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment"
  • "The bellbottom pants flare out"
  • "the skirt had a wide flare"
  • "she felt a flare of delight"
  • "she could not control her flare of rage"
  • "a colitis flare"
  • "infection can cause a lupus flare"
My lists:
Recently viewed words: