Word Meaning

flares definition and meaning

v. i. To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.
v. i. To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
v. i. To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy.
v. i. To be exposed to too much light.
v. i. To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare.
n. An unsteady, broad, offensive light.
n. A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.
n. Leaf of lard.

Crossword clues for flares

- Blaze
- Burn suddenly
- Burn up
- Distress light
- Distress signal
- Distress signal requires special skill, we hear
- Emergency light
- Sailor’s SOS rocket
- Signal fire
- SOS light
- Warning device
- Bell-bottoms
- Distress beacons
- Distress signals
- Trousers that widen below the knee
- What sailors use to draw attention to their wide-bottomed trousers