Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Flaring"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flare \Flare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Flaring}.] [Cf. Norw. flara to blaze, flame, adorn with
tinsel, dial. Sw. flasa upp, and E. flash, or flacker.]
1. To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle
flares.
2. To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a
dazzling or painfully bright light.
3. To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be
offensively bright or showy.
With ribbons pendant, flaring about her head.
--Shak.
4. To be exposed to too much light. [Obs.]
Flaring in sunshine all the day. --Prior.
5. To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the
perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of
a ship flare.
{To flare up}, to become suddenly heated or excited; to burst
into a passion. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flaring \Flar"ing\, a.
1. That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out
with a dazzling light.
His [the sun's] flaring beams. --Milton.
2. Opening or speading outwards.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flaring
adj 1: having a gradual increase in width; "flared nostrils"; "a
skirt flaring from the waist" [syn: {flared}]
2: streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current
of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her"; "a
fluttering scarf"; "flying banners"; "flags waving in the
breeze" [syn: {aflare}, {fluttering}, {flying}, {waving}]
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