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1. Streaming, flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air
   "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her";
   - aflare [rare]

1. Burn brightly
   "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity";
   - flame up, blaze up, burn up
    
2. Become flared and widen, usually at one end
   "The bellbottom pants flare out";
   - flare out
    
3. Shine with a sudden light
   "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment";
   - flame
    
4. Erupt or intensify suddenly
   "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "Unrest flared up in the country";
   - erupt, irrupt, flare up, break open, burst out

See also: moving

Type of: beam, burn, combust, deepen, intensify, shine, widen

Encyclopedia: Flaring