Dictionary Entry
flare
flare is a 5-letter English word with 23 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 23 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.
- 2intransitive verb
To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
- 3intransitive verb
To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy.
- 4intransitive verb
To be exposed to too much light.
- 5intransitive verb
To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare.
- 6noun
An unsteady, broad, offensive light.
- 7noun
A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.
- 8noun
Leaf of lard.
- 9noun
(baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield
- 10noun
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"
- 11noun
a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification
- 12noun
a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
Synonyms
- 13noun
a sudden outburst of emotion
"she felt a flare of delight"
"she could not control her flare of rage"
- 14noun
am unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection)
- 15noun
a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference
- 16noun
a sudden burst of flame
- 17noun
a shape that spreads outward
"the skirt had a wide flare"
Synonyms
- 18noun
a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms
"a colitis flare"
"infection can cause a lupus flare"
- 19noun
reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation
- 20verb
become flared and widen, usually at one end
"The bellbottom pants flare out"
- 21verb
erupt or intensify suddenly
"Unrest erupted in the country"
"Tempers flared at the meeting"
- 22verb
burn brightly
"Every star seemed to flare with new intensity"
- 23verb
shine with a sudden light
"The night sky flared with the massive bombardment"
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