Word Finder - flaring

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To cause to burn.

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To cause inflammation; to inflame.

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To open outward in shape.

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The building flared from the third through the seventh floors to occupy the airspace over the entrance plaza. (intransitive)

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To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.

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To blaze brightly.

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The blast furnace flared in the night.

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

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The candle flared in a sudden draught.

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To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy.

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To suddenly happen or intensify.

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• flare up

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To suddenly erupt in anger.

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• flare up

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To be exposed to too much light.

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The act of something that flares.

His gaze dropped to her neck, hunger flaring in his eyes.

The Watcher clenched his teeth, green eyes flaring with light and spinning before he regained his temper.

It shows the typical triangular shape flaring out from the lateral tip of the lateral ventricle.

This means the jacket should skim your body's natural curves without flaring out and looking tent-like.

Butterfly bandage-A narrow strip of adhesive with wider flaring ends (shaped like butterfly wings) used to hold the edges of a wound together while it heals.

Psoriasis is usually cyclical, with episodes flaring up for weeks or months throughout the child's life and then receding.

Cut on an A-line and flaring just above the hips, it looks like a dress while acting as a swimsuit and works to slim your figure, too.

Flaring out from below the waste, you will love the way a full skirt conceals the parts of your body that leave something to be desired.

Women often wear either tight dresses or have flaring skirts that themselves swing as you move.

What did you do, Gabriel? she demanded at last, the fire flaring in her eyes once more.

He forced his anger and frustration away to keep his eyes from flaring amber, then approached.

Both looked at her, fleeting amusement on Gabriel's face but Rhyn's gaze flaring.

However facial exercises such as wrinkling the forehead, flaring and sniffling the nostrils, curling and puckering the lips, and several others may be used to retrain the brain's messages to facial muscles.

They carry generous clusters of gleaming flowers, with sleek scarlet sepals flaring to reveal a slim skirt of purple petals surrounding coral stamens.

He leaned forward, curiosity flaring in his tanzanite eyes.

She landed hard on her left side, pain flaring through her as her wrist twisted.

When a flame is just not flaring, any one of a certain range of notes sounded near it may make it flare while the note is sounding.

With the width at the bottom thus limited, the furnace builder naturally tries to gain volume as rapidly as possible by flaring or " battering " his walls outwards, i.e.

Her gaze flew up to his, interest flaring in her eyes a moment before she shook her head.