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Flares

A sudden bright light.

📖 Definitions of "Flares"

noun
  1. 1

    A sudden bright light.

  2. 2

    A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.

    "solar flare"

  3. 3

    A sudden eruption or outbreak; a flare-up.

  4. 4

    A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width.

    "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."

verb
  1. 1

    To cause to burn.

  2. 2

    To cause inflammation; to inflame.

  3. 3

    To open outward in shape.

    "The building flared from the third through the seventh floors to occupy the airspace over the entrance plaza. (intransitive)"

  4. 4

    To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.

noun
  1. 1

    Bell-bottoms, pants with flared legs.

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