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

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: Flare