Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flare"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flare \Flare\, n. (Photog.)
A defect in a photographic objective such that an image of
the stop, or diaphragm, appears as a fogged spot in the
center of the developed negative.
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)
Flare \Flare\, n.
1. An unsteady, broad, offensive light.
2. A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flare \Flare\, n.
Leaf of lard. ``Pig's flare.'' --Dunglison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flare
n 1: a shape that spreads outward; "the skirt had a wide flare"
2: a sudden burst of flame
3: a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate [syn: {flash}]
4: reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of
infection or irritation
5: a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the
sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio
interference [syn: {solar flare}]
v 1: burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new
intensity." [syn: {flame up}, {blaze up}, {burn up}]
2: become suddenly excited or angry; "She flares up easily"
[syn: {flare up}, {erupt}]
3: become flared and widen, usually at one end; "The bellbottom
pants flare out" [syn: {flare out}]
4: shine with a sudden light; "The night sky flared with the
massive bombardment." [syn: {flame}]
5: erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the
country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting" [syn: {erupt}, {flare
up}, {break open}, {burst out}]
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