| 单词 | to flare a handkerchief |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto flare a handkerchief b. To spread out to view, display; occasionally with mixture of sense 5. Hence, To wave to and fro (or round). to flare a handkerchief (slang): to whisk it out of a person's pocket. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (transitive)] > wave, esp. the hand waive1338 waft1604 weave1607 wavea1616 flarea1766 wampish1816 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] > cause to wave in the wind flask1565 stream1597 wave1602 fan1638 flare1838 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > a handkerchief from a pocket to flare a handkerchief1851 society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > show to the sight [verb (transitive)] to set beforea1000 openOE showlOE to put forth?c1225 kithe1297 to make (a) showing ofc1330 presenta1398 representa1398 to lay forthc1420 splayc1440 discovera1450 advisea1500 to set to (the) show?1510 to stall out1547 outlay1555 exhibit1573 strew1579 wray1587 displaya1616 ostentate1630 elevate1637 re-exhibita1648 expound1651 unveil1657 subject1720 flare1862 skin1873 patent1889 showcase1939 a1766 F. Sheridan Concl. Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph (1767) V. 197 These little snug marriages, where Hymen comes as it were incog. without his tawdry saffron-coloured robe to fleer in people's eyes. a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) II. 182 In seeing a flaming torch, if flared round in a circle, it appears as a ring of fire. 1838 E. A. Poe Narr. A. G. Pym in Wks. (1864) IV. 116 We..began instantly to make every signal in our power, by flaring the shirts in the air. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 411/1 Just after that I flared it (whisked the handkerchief out). 1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter (1863) 292 Those who flare their qualities before the world. 1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 143 Hardening the drill by flaring it in the air. < as lemmas |
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