flare

Etymology
en, first recorded in the mid 16th century, probably related to 🇨🇬. 🇨🇬 has a similar meaning, but the English word predates it. Possibly related to 🇨🇬, represented by modern 🇨🇬.

The noun is derived from the verb.

Noun

 * 1) A sudden bright light.
 * 2) A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.
 * 3) A type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light without an explosion, used to attract attention in an emergency, to illuminate an area, or as a decoy.
 * 4)  A flame produced by a burn-off of waste gas (flare gas) from a flare tower (or flare stack), typically at an oil refinery.
 * 5)  A sudden eruption or outbreak; a flare-up.
 * 6) A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width.
 * 7)  The increase in width of most ship hulls with increasing height above the waterline.
 * 8)  Bell-bottom trousers.
 * 9)  The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
 * 10)  A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders.
 * 11)  A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arcing upfield looking for a short pass.
 * 12) An inflammation such as of tendons (tendonitis) or joints (osteoarthritis).
 * 13) A breakdance move of someone helicoptering his torso on alternating arms.
 * 1)  A flame produced by a burn-off of waste gas (flare gas) from a flare tower (or flare stack), typically at an oil refinery.
 * 2)  A sudden eruption or outbreak; a flare-up.
 * 3) A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width.
 * 4)  The increase in width of most ship hulls with increasing height above the waterline.
 * 5)  Bell-bottom trousers.
 * 6)  The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
 * 7)  A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders.
 * 8)  A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arcing upfield looking for a short pass.
 * 9) An inflammation such as of tendons (tendonitis) or joints (osteoarthritis).
 * 10) A breakdance move of someone helicoptering his torso on alternating arms.
 * 1)  The increase in width of most ship hulls with increasing height above the waterline.
 * 2)  Bell-bottom trousers.
 * 3)  The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
 * 4)  A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders.
 * 5)  A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arcing upfield looking for a short pass.
 * 6) An inflammation such as of tendons (tendonitis) or joints (osteoarthritis).
 * 7) A breakdance move of someone helicoptering his torso on alternating arms.
 * 1)  A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders.
 * 2)  A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arcing upfield looking for a short pass.
 * 3) An inflammation such as of tendons (tendonitis) or joints (osteoarthritis).
 * 4) A breakdance move of someone helicoptering his torso on alternating arms.
 * 1)  A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arcing upfield looking for a short pass.
 * 2) An inflammation such as of tendons (tendonitis) or joints (osteoarthritis).
 * 3) A breakdance move of someone helicoptering his torso on alternating arms.
 * 1) An inflammation such as of tendons (tendonitis) or joints (osteoarthritis).
 * 2) A breakdance move of someone helicoptering his torso on alternating arms.
 * 1) A breakdance move of someone helicoptering his torso on alternating arms.
 * 1) A breakdance move of someone helicoptering his torso on alternating arms.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ярка светлина,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, valoammus, hätäsoihtu
 * French: fusée lumineuse
 * German:, Leuchtfackel, , Leuchtsignal, , Leuchtzeichen
 * Greek:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: fakkel
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: lysraket
 * Tagalog: ansisilaw
 * Turkish: işaret ışığı
 * Welsh: ffagliad, fflach


 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: bengalisches Feuer,, Leuchtgeschoß,
 * Greek:
 * Irish: bladhm
 * Maori: mura ahotea, rama muramura
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh: ffagl, goleuad


 * Finnish: soihdutus
 * German: Gasfackel
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: fakkel


 * German: Stulp,, Bördelrand, , Aufbördelung, Trichterrand
 * Irish: spré
 * Welsh: ymlediad


 * Bulgarian: разкрояване
 * Dutch: brede broekspijp
 * Finnish: levennys
 * German:, Aufweitung
 * Irish: spré
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Welsh: fflêr


 * Danish: udfladning
 * Finnish: loppuveto, loivennus
 * French:
 * German:


 * French:
 * Swedish:, , , , ,

Verb

 * 1)  To cause to burn; in particular, to burn off excess gas.
 * 2)  To cause inflammation; to inflame.
 * 3)  To open outward in shape.
 * 4)  To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
 * 5)  To blaze brightly.
 * 6)  To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
 * 7)  To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy.
 * 8)  To suddenly happen or intensify.
 * 9)  To suddenly erupt in anger.
 * 10)  To be exposed to too much light.
 * 1)  To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
 * 2)  To blaze brightly.
 * 3)  To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
 * 4)  To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy.
 * 5)  To suddenly happen or intensify.
 * 6)  To suddenly erupt in anger.
 * 7)  To be exposed to too much light.
 * 1)  To blaze brightly.
 * 2)  To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
 * 3)  To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy.
 * 4)  To suddenly happen or intensify.
 * 5)  To suddenly erupt in anger.
 * 6)  To be exposed to too much light.
 * 1)  To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
 * 2)  To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy.
 * 3)  To suddenly happen or intensify.
 * 4)  To suddenly erupt in anger.
 * 5)  To be exposed to too much light.
 * 1)  To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy.
 * 2)  To suddenly happen or intensify.
 * 3)  To suddenly erupt in anger.
 * 4)  To be exposed to too much light.
 * 1)  To suddenly erupt in anger.
 * 2)  To be exposed to too much light.
 * 1)  To suddenly erupt in anger.
 * 2)  To be exposed to too much light.
 * 1)  To be exposed to too much light.
 * 1)  To be exposed to too much light.
 * 1)  To be exposed to too much light.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * German: ,


 * Russian: ,


 * Bulgarian: разкроявам
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:,  ,
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: hell leuchten, hell lodern,
 * Greek:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Russian: ,


 * Finnish:
 * German: auffflackern,


 * German: grell leuchten, schrill aufleuchten


 * German:


 * German: plötzlich auffahren, plötzlich hochfahren,

Etymology
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Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  lens flare
 * 1)  lens flare