Adjective flaring has 2 senses
  1. flared, flaring - having a gradual increase in width; "flared nostrils"; "a skirt flaring from the waist"
    Antonym: decreasing (indirect, via increasing)
  2. aflare, flaring, flying, waving - 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"
    Antonyms: nonmoving, unmoving (indirect, via moving)
,Verb flare has 4 senses
  1. flare, flame up, blaze up, burn up - burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity"
    --1 is one way to burn, combust
    Derived form: noun flare2
    Sample sentence:
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  2. flare out, flare - become flared and widen, usually at one end; "The bellbottom pants flare out"
    --2 is one way to widen
    Derived form: noun flare1
    Sample sentence:
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  3. flare, flame - shine with a sudden light; "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment"
    --3 is one way to shine, beam
    Derived form: noun flare2
    Sample sentences:
    Lights flare on the horizon
    The horizon is flareing with lights
  4. erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out - erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
    --4 is one way to intensify, deepen
    Sample sentences:
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