flare /flār/

1. To spread
2. To widen out like a bell
3. To burn with a glaring, unsteady light
4. To glitter or flash
5. To blaze up, literally or in anger (with up)

1. To display glaringly
2. To dispose of (superfluous gas or oil) by burning (with off; chem eng)

1. A widening out, as in the bell of a horn, a bowl, or a skirt
2. An unsteady glare
3. An unshaded flame
4. A sudden blaze
5. A torch
6. A signalling light
7. (the flame or light produced by) a device composed of combustible material, activated to give warning, illumination, etc or to signal for help, eg at sea
8. A device for the safe disposal of superfluous gas, oil, etc by burning in the open (chem eng)
9. A solar flare (qv under solar¹)
10. Undesirable extra light in a photographic image caused by reflection within the camera

flares plural noun

Trousers that widen (greatly) below the knee, orig popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s

flārˈing adjective

flāˈringly adverb

flāˈry adjective

flareˈ-out noun (aeronautics)

The controlled approach path of aircraft immediately prior to landing

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