1. Verb
To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.
2. Verb
To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
3. Verb
To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy.
4. Verb
To be exposed to too much light.
5. Verb
To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare.
6. Noun
An unsteady, broad, offensive light.
7. Noun
A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.
8. Noun
Leaf of lard.
9. Noun
a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference
Vocabulary classified under Physics
10. Noun
a sudden burst of flame
Vocabulary classified under Chemistry
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