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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Flaring \Flar"ing\, a.
     1. That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out
        with a dazzling light.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              His [the sun's] flaring beams.        --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Opening or speading outwards.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Flare \Flare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flared; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Flaring.] [Cf. Norw. flara to blaze, flame, adorn with
     tinsel, dial. Sw. flasa upp, and E. flash, or flacker.]
     1. To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle
        flares.
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     2. To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a
        dazzling or painfully bright light.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be
        offensively bright or showy.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              With ribbons pendant, flaring about her head.
                                                    --Shak.
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     4. To be exposed to too much light. [Obs.]
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              Flaring in sunshine all the day.      --Prior.
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     5. To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the
        perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of
        a ship flare.
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     To flare up, to become suddenly heated or excited; to burst
        into a passion. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Flare \Flare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flared; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Flaring.] [Cf. Norw. flara to blaze, flame, adorn with
     tinsel, dial. Sw. flasa upp, and E. flash, or flacker.]
     1. To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle
        flares.
  
     2. To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a
        dazzling or painfully bright light.
  
     3. To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be
        offensively bright or showy.
  
              With ribbons pendant, flaring about her head.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     4. To be exposed to too much light. [Obs.]
  
              Flaring in sunshine all the day.      --Prior.
  
     5. 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.] --Thackeray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Flaring \Flar"ing\, a.
     1. That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out
        with a dazzling light.
  
              His [the sun's] flaring beams.        --Milton.
  
     2. Opening or speading outwards.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  flaring
       adj 1: having a gradual increase in width; "flared nostrils"; "a
              skirt flaring from the waist" [syn: flared]
       2: streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current
          of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her";
          "flying banners"; "flags waving in the breeze" [syn: aflare,
           flying, waving]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  flaring
     n.
     1 The act of something that flares.
     2 (lb en oil industry) The deliberate open-air burning of natural gas
  that is generated as a by-product of various petrochemical processes,
  especially oil extraction; gas flaring.
     vb.
     (present participle of en flare nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  flaring
     n.
     1 The act of something that flares.
     2 (lb en oil industry) The deliberate open-air burning of natural gas
  that is generated as a by-product of various petrochemical processes,
  especially oil extraction; gas flaring.
     vb.
     (present participle of en flare nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  flaring
     n.
     1 The act of something that flares.
     2 (lb en oil industry) The deliberate open-air burning of natural gas
  that is generated as a by-product of various petrochemical processes,
  especially oil extraction; gas flaring.
     vb.
     (present participle of en flare nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  flaring
     n.
     1 The act of something that flares.
     2 (lb en oil industry) The deliberate open-air burning of natural gas
  that is generated as a by-product of various petrochemical processes,
  especially oil extraction; gas flaring.
     vb.
     (present participle of en flare nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  flaring
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm f lar ing e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  flaring
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en flare ordform=prespart)
     Engelska n.
     (tagg teknik språk=en) fackling, gasfackling
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb flare)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Flaring /flˈeəɹɪŋ/
  الإندلاع

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  flaring /flˈeəɹɪŋ/ 
  rozšiřující

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  flaring /flˈeəɹɪŋ/ 
  křiklavý