flare

flare has 23 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• v. i.. To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.
• v. i.. To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
• v. i.. To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy.
• v. i.. To be exposed to too much light.
• 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.
• n.. An unsteady, broad, offensive light.
• n.. A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.
• n.. Leaf of lard.
• n.. (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield
• n.. 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"
• n.. a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification
• n.. a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate