English | German | Russian | Czech
Englishfor English speakers
Englishas a second language

flare English

Meaning flare meaning

What does flare mean?
Definitions in simple English

flare Noun

— A flare is a ball of fire. The flare just happened in front of my face!

flare Verb

— If you flare, you get very angry about something. Don't get flared up about such a small matter. — The change from downward flight to level flight before a plane lands. They key to a perfect landing is the flare.

flare

— noun a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate — noun a shape that spreads outward the skirt had a wide flare — noun a sudden burst of flame — verb burn brightly Every star seemed to flare with new intensity — verb (= flare out) become flared and widen, usually at one end The bellbottom pants flare out — noun a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms a colitis flare infection can cause a lupus flare — noun reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation — noun am unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection) — noun a sudden outburst of emotion she felt a flare of delight she could not control her flare of rage — noun a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification — noun (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield — verb shine with a sudden light The night sky flared with the massive bombardment — 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 — noun (= solar flare) a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference — verb (= erupt, irrupt) erupt or intensify suddenly Unrest erupted in the country Tempers flared at the meeting The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism

Synonyms flare synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as flare?

flare English » English

flash blaze flame gleam flare up sparkle flicker glare torch solar flare glow glint flame up burn spread out shine flare out flair erupt burn up widen twinkle star shell spread shimmer scintillate light jet irrupt glitter flare pass expand burst out break open blaze up beam beacon wink widening very light turnout tracer shell tracer bullet tracer tongue technique target indicator suffusion straggle steam

Topics flare topics

What do people use flare to talk about?
Daily life

Fire
States

Big
States Quality Light

Shine
States Quality Light Shine

Light source
Person Body Head

Nose
Daily life Fire

Burn

  • What words describe a fire that starts to burn again after having died down?
    flare up flame up

Conjugation flare conjugation

How do you conjugate flare?

flare · verb

Examples flare examples

How do I use flare in a sentence?

Movie subtitles

Always ready to flare up.
We'd better send up another flare soon.
No contact until you see the flare. Get going.
I'll put up a green flare when we're ready.
When Johnny comes back, I will set off a flare. Right.
It'll drop a flare.
The pilot's just blipped his motor. That means he's dropped the flare.
There was a flare-up in the basement.
There's a flare ahead, sir.
A signal flare!
You shot off that flare!
Send up the signal flare!
So if some moment, any moment you hear the sound of jet engines flying atop the overcast engines that sound searching and lost engines that sound desperate shoot up a flare or do something.
Hand me the flare pistol.
Though I'll swear at him and I'll flare at him I'll be his till the day I die.
Never mind the flare, Pop.
No contact until you see the flare.
It'll drop a flare. Then Air Force cameramen will get pictures.
That means he's dropped the flare.
A flare's only good for 400 feet.
The flare, Papa. Send up the flare.
You shot the flare! Confess!
Shoot the signal flare!
Oh, boy, has he got flare.
You'll see the fireworks of meteors and fireballs, the sizzling of stars being born, the last flare of dying stars.
Use the flare.
This fires a flare.
Another flare! Another flare!
We've got some flare guns.
When you spot my first flare, it's your signal to move.
It's like sending up a flare.
She lit a submarine flare.
The flare has burned out.
You see, it's a flare-up of Rigelian Kassaba fever.

News and current affairs

The improved diplomatic relationship lasted until the recent flare-up of territorial and other bilateral disputes.
Never mind that the central bank is not responsible for Russia's troubles - the run on the ruble, the recession, and the flare-up of inflation - and that using interest rates to prevent capital outflows always fails.
But if a major flare-up causes investors to lose confidence in low volatility, the bottom could fall out from under equity and housing prices.
Bahrain remains a flashpoint; Iraq is deeply unstable; and the simmering conflict between Iran and Israel could flare up at any time.
The current flare-up is largely due to the fact that Fatah, encouraged by the international community's boycott of Hamas, never really accepted its electoral defeat and Hamas's right to govern.
The complexities of the threats to Israel are such that a possible confrontation with Hamas in Gaza might trigger a flare-up with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Pre-existing tensions have inevitably played a large part in the current flare-up.
Whenever troops from either side build roads, construct or repair bunkers and other fortifications, or conduct patrols close to the LAC, tensions can flare.
He would also retain the current Marine Corps presence as a tripwire for US military intervention in the case of a flare-up across the Taiwan Strait, whereas Guam is beyond the effective range of Chinese ballistic missiles.
Add to this the perennial crisis on the Korean peninsula and the Taiwan conflict, which could flare up again anytime.
But Hamas's brinkmanship is a dangerous exercise, for a low-intensity conflict can easily degenerate into an all-out flare-up if its rockets cause a politically unbearable number of casualties on the Israeli side.
President Mohamed Morsi's government cannot be uninterested in periodic flare-ups in Gaza, which serve only to destabilize Egypt.

Are you looking for...?

flare veiling glare | flary | Flarf | flare-nut wrench | flare back | flaringly | flare gun | flaring up | flare nut | flare on | flare out | flare pass
Wordcyclopedia Gutes Wörterbuch Толстый словарь Dobrý slovník
Sources WordNet, Open Multilingual Wordnet, Wiktionary, Dbnary, Panlex, FreeLing, Tatoeba, OpenSubtitles.org, Project Syndicate, OPUS, Kelly Project, SIL Semantic Domains
Contact info@wordcyclopedia.com
Creative Commons BY-SA