flares

Meaning of flares

plural noun
  1. a sudden brief burst of bright flame or light.
    the flare of the match lit up his face
  2. a gradual widening in shape, especially towards the hem of a garment.
verb, 3rd person present
  1. burn or shine with a sudden intensity.
    the bonfire crackled and flared up
    behind him, lightning flared
  2. gradually become wider at one end.
    the dress flared out into a huge train

mid 16th century (in the sense ‘spread out one's hair’): of unknown origin. Current senses date from the 17th century.

Information about flares

  • The singular form of flares is: flare.
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Hyphenation of flares

flares

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • flares is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

flares synonyms

Meaning a very bright display of light or colour:

blaze

Meaning a sudden brief burst of bright light:

flash

Meaning brightness that blinds someone temporarily:

dazzle

Meaning strong and dazzling light:

glare

Meaning an instance of breaking or splitting as a result of internal pressure or puncturing; an explosion:

burst

Meaning an unsteady movement of a flame or light causing rapid variations in brightness:

flicker

Meaning a faint or wavering light:

glimmer

Meaning a soft, slightly wavering light:

shimmer

Meaning a faint or brief light, especially one reflected from something:

gleam

Meaning make or become wider:

widening

Meaning the fact or process of spreading over an area:

spread

Meaning burn and give off flames:

flame

Meaning have an intense colour and a slight shine:

glow

Meaning (of something wet or greasy) shine with a sparkling light:

glisten

Meaning shine brightly with flashes of light:

sparkle

Meaning shine with a bright, shimmering reflected light:

glitter

Meaning emit flashes of light; sparkle:

scintillate

Meaning (of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood:

burn

Anagrams of flares

falser, farles, flaser

Words that rhyme with flares

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