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• flare-up light — noun see flare up 1b …   Useful english dictionary

• flare — n. 1) to light; shoot up a flare 2) to set out, set up a flare (they set up flares along the runway) 3) a parachute flare * * * [fleə] shoot up a flare setup a flare (they set up flares along the runway) a parachute flare to light to set out …   Combinatory dictionary

• light up — phr verb Light up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑beam, ↑eye, ↑face, ↑firework, ↑flame, ↑flare, ↑flash, ↑light, ↑lightning, ↑moon, ↑smile, ↑switchboard …   Collocations dictionary

• flare — [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 …   English World dictionary

• 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. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Flare — may refer to:In culture and the arts*Flare (magazine), a Canadian fashion and style magazine *Flare (breakdance move), a move employed in breakdancing *Mylene Flare Jenius (ミレーヌF ジーナス, Mirēnu F. Jīnasu), a fictional character in the Macross… …   Wikipedia

• flare-up — [flerup΄] n. 1. a sudden outburst of flame 2. a sudden, brief outburst of anger, trouble, etc. * * * flare up (flârʹŭp ) n. 1. A sudden outbreak of flame or light: a flare up of the embers. 2. An outburst or eruption: a flare …   Universalium

• Flare — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• light — [adj1] illuminated ablaze, aglow, bright, brilliant, burnished, clear, cloudless, flashing, fluorescent, glossy, glowing, lambent, lucent, luminous, lustrous, phosphorescent, polished, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, rich, scintillant, shining,… …   New thesaurus

• flare — (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… …   Etymology dictionary

• flare — vb glare, flame, *blaze, glow Analogous words: dart, shoot (see FLY): flutter, flicker (see FLIT): rise, arise, *spring: *flash, glance, glint, coruscate, scintillate: kindle, *light, fire Antonyms: gutter out …   New Dictionary of Synonyms