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Adjective flaring has 2 senses
- flared, flaring - having a gradual increase in width; "flared nostrils"; "a skirt flaring from the waist"
Antonym: decreasing (indirect, via increasing)
- aflare, flaring, flying, waving - streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her"; "flying banners"; "flags waving in the breeze"
Antonyms: nonmoving, unmoving (indirect, via moving)
Verb flare has 4 senses
- flare, flame up, blaze up, burn up - burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity"
--1 is one way to burn, combust
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- flare out, flare - become flared and widen, usually at one end; "The bellbottom pants flare out"
--2 is one way to widen
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- flare, flame - shine with a sudden light; "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment"
--3 is one way to shine, beam
Sample sentences:
Lights flare on the horizon
The horizon is flareing with lights
- erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out - erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
--4 is one way to intensify, deepen
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