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Word: flare (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A brightly burning light used to attract attention in an emergency, or to illuminate an area.
  • aviation The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
  • A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width, e.g. on the lower legs of trousers and jeans.
  • baseball A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders

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Verb:

  • often with ?up? or ?out? To burst out suddenly, as in anger.
  • intransitive To blaze brightly.
  • intransitive To burn unsteadily.
  • intransitive To open outward in shape.
  • transitive To cause to burn.

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