Thesaurus: flare

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1. v. i. To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.
2. v. i. To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
3. v. i. To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy.
4. v. i. To be exposed to too much light.
5. v. i. To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare.
6. n. An unsteady, broad, offensive light.
7. n. A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.
8. n. Leaf of lard.
9. n. a shape that spreads outward
10. n. a sudden burst of flame
11. n. a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
12. n. reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation