Flare

What do we mean by flare?

To flame up with a bright, wavering light. intransitive verb

To burst into intense, sudden flame. intransitive verb

To erupt or intensify suddenly. intransitive verb

To become suddenly angry. Used with up. intransitive verb

To make a sudden angry verbal attack. Used with out. intransitive verb

To expand or open outward in shape. intransitive verb

To cause to flame up. intransitive verb

To signal with a blaze of light. intransitive verb

A brief wavering blaze of light. noun

A device that produces a bright light for signaling, illumination, or identification. noun

An outbreak, as of emotion or activity. noun

An expanding or opening outward. noun

An unwanted reflection within an optical system or the resultant fogging of the image. noun

A solar flare. noun

A short pass to a back running toward the sideline. noun

A fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield. noun

An area of redness on the skin surrounding the primary site of infection or irritation. noun

To shine out with sudden and unsteady light, luster, or splendor; give out a dazzling light.

A sudden bright light.

A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.

A sudden eruption or outbreak; a flare-up.

A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width.

(in plural) Bell-bottom trousers.

The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.

A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders.

A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arcing upfield looking for a short pass.

Short for lens flare.

Words that are spelled similarly to flare:
flare, fare, flame, flake, glare, lare, blare, clare, flarp, flore, aflare, flage, flarf, flar, klare, flate, flave, flere, flars, filare, flase.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word flare:
flares, sunspot, geomagnetic, coronal, dispenser, cme, chaff, taper, ejection, flared, fittings, countermeasures, carrington, brightness, ignited, luminosity, illumination, atari, ups, solar, infrared, lens, gun, fitting, pistol, stack, detected, burst, plasma, flame, drops, magnetic, smoke, observatory, observed, path, thrown, radiation, missile, runway, magnitude, star, burn, atmosphere, angle, landing, observations, orbit, gas, burned, bow, flash, horn, fired, fitted, guns, intense, explosion, firing, ammunition, bright, stars, storm, variable, deck, burns, helicopter, connections, activity, plane, visible, sun, increases, radar, burning, signal, earth, lights, fire, warning, weapon, depth, rescue.

Words that rhyme with flare:
bear, care, air, tear, fair, chair, wear, square, fare, share, despair, there, hair, bare, spare, aware, healthcare, pair, where, software, rare, dare, compare, welfare, flair, hare, swear, pear, ware, their, affair, repair, declare, ere, hardware, err, prayer, heir, impair, stare, mare, pare, prepare, bair, lair, glare, snare, daycare, scare, warfare, questionnaire, debonair, nowhere, faire, laissez faire, nightmare, mer, childcare, fanfare, dispair, forebear, beware, everywhere, health care, solitaire, aer, unfair, ensnare, extraordinaire, lare, malware, eyre, unaware, blare, stair, thoroughfare, claire, anywhere, threadbare, blair, clair, forswear, underwear, elsewhere, guerre, footwear, cookware, gare, cher, doctrinaire, armchair, medicare, mohair, millionaire, altair, terre, delaware, airfare, day care, earthenware.

Adjectives that are often used to describe flare:
solar, red, sudden, last, large, green, white, slight, brief, bright, acute, yellow, second, occasional, ray, brilliant, single, optical, quick, blue, final, intense, lateral, wide, double, tiny, dramatic, erythematous, outward, severe, typical, momentary, medial, initial, giant, pale, radical, ribbon, light, aqueous, hot, crimson, faint, blinding, huge, impulsive, smoky, pronounced, wheal, less, mild, powerful, soft, sharp, moderate, artistic, wild, distant, excessive, dim, elevated, golden, tibial, marked, visible, dull, transient, anterior.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective flare:
ups, reaction, out, response, reactions, loops, nut, path, angle, light, back, dropping, lights, particles, responses, associated, spot, protons, arches, lamp, parachutes, radiation, pistol, backs, horn, leg, lamps, burst, rays, configuration, loop, mouth, pinions, assemblages, arch, gun, emission, droppers, fitting, launching, spectra, assemblage, lit, protocol, horns, reducing, produced, outs, induced, shocks, blaster, fluxes, pots, plena.

Consonant match to flare:
floor, flair, flour, flor, fleer, flore, flohr, fluhr.

Words that sound like flare:
flare, flair, fleer, flear, floor, flower, flour, flyer, flier, flor, flore, fluor, flayer, flohr, flaugher, fair, flesh, fare, fer, fletcher, flares, faire, flared, fleur, fere, flur, flairs, flar, fler, ferr, flir, flesch, flesher, ferre, aflare, fehr, phare, phair, flr, fleche, flecker, phear, flere, allaire, fear, flutter, flush, flicker, flipper, fier, flitter, flubber, fla, flas, fluffer, flinger, fiere, flusher, flickr, flooder, flia, feere, fleers, flummer, pheer, phir, fleered, fire, far, flash, flavor, flatter, fewer, flapper, flamer, fiar, feer, flasher, farr, fayre, flaker, flagger, faar, faur, flarp, fior, faure, flaneur, ffar, feuer, fahr, alir, flasch, flacker, flanner, flasche, flaughter, f layer, flarf, feier.