Flare
11Flare — Flare, n. Leaf of lard. Pig s flare. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] …
12Flare — Flare, n. 1. An unsteady, broad, offensive light. [1913 Webster] 2. A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace. [1913 Webster] 3. (Photog.) A defect in a photographic objective such that an image of the stop, or diaphragm, appears as a… …
13flare-up — n 1.) a situation in which someone suddenly becomes angry or violent ▪ Apart from one or two flare ups the match went fairly smoothly. 2.) a situation in which someone suddenly has problems because of a disease or illness after not having any… …
14flare — [fler] vi. flared, flaring [ME fleare < ?] 1. a) to blaze up with a sudden, bright light b) to burn unsteadily, as a flame whipped about by the wind 2. to burst out suddenly in anger, violence, etc.: often with up or out 3 …
15Flare-up — n. 1. A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 2. A sudden bursting into flame; a flaring. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
16flare-up — əp n a sudden increase in the symptoms of a latent or subsiding disease <a flare up of malaria> …
17Flare — 〈[flɛ:(r)] n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s; Astron.〉 plötzliche, in Form von »Feuerlanzen« auftretende, chromosphärische Strahlung, die im Zusammenhang mit Sonnenflecken vorkommt [Etym.: zu engl. flare »flackern, leuchten, lodern«] …
18Flare — [flɛ:ɐ̯, engl. fleə] das; s, s <aus engl. flare »Ausbruch«, eigtl. »flackerndes Licht«> ein in einem Störungsgebiet der Sonne plötzlich auftretender Strahlungsausbruch (Astron.) …
19flare-up — flare ,up noun count 1. ) an occasion when people suddenly start behaving in an angry or violent way: A flare up along the border threatened the peace talks. 2. ) an occasion when a disease suddenly returns after you have not had it for some time …
20flare — (v.) mid 16c., originally spread out (hair), of unknown origin, perhaps from Du. vlederen. Related: Flared; flaring. The noun meaning bright, unsteady light is 1814, from the verb, which led to the sense of signal fire (1883). The notion of… …
