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verb

Flare v. i. (past & past part. flared; pres. part. flaring)

To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.

To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy. "With ribbons pendant, flaring about her head."

To be exposed to too much light. (Obs.) "Flaring in sunshine all the day."

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.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Flare up" Quotes from Famous Books

... and heat. At Grande Anse, on the other hand, those tremendous sunsets which delight west coast dwellers are not visible at all; and during the briefer West Indian days Grande Anse is all wrapped in darkness as early as half-past four,—or nearly an hour before the orange light has ceased to flare up the streets of St. Pierre from the sea;—since the great mountain range topped by Pele cuts off all the slanting light from the east valleys. And early as folks rise in St. Pierre, they rise still earlier at Grande Anse—before the sun emerges from the rim of the ...

— Two Years in the French West Indies • Lafcadio Hearn

... think of him now without a shudder; even a lingering remnant of tenderness would flare up in her heart when she remembered he was the baby's father. Perhaps he would see the child sometime, and her sweet baby ways would plead to him more eloquently than could all her words to right the wrong he ...

— 'Way Down East - A Romance of New England Life • Joseph R. Grismer