flaring
Meaning of flaring
verb, gerund or present participle
- burn or shine with a sudden intensity.
the bonfire crackled and flared up
behind him, lightning flared
- 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 flaring
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of flaring
flar-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- flaring is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
flaring synonyms
Meaning flared:
Meaning aflare:
Meaning shine brightly or powerfully:
Meaning shine in a bright but brief, sudden, or intermittent way:
Meaning burn and give off flames:
Meaning shine brightly, especially with reflected light:
Meaning have an intense colour and a slight shine:
Meaning (of something wet or greasy) shine with a sparkling light:
Meaning shine brightly with flashes of light:
Meaning shine with a bright, shimmering reflected light:
Meaning (of light or a source of light) shine unsteadily; vary rapidly in brightness:
Meaning shine faintly with a wavering light:
Meaning emit flashes of light; sparkle:
Meaning (of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood:
Translation of flaring
- Portuguese: chaminés
- Italian: degassamento
Words that rhyme with flaring
Ring, ring, Baring, Dearing, Spearing, Waring, Wearing, Zearing, abearing, afearing, affearing, afterhearing, anearing, appearing, ashlaring, backbearing, baring, bearing, beggaring, besmearing, bevaring, bewaring, blaring, blearing, burglaring, calendaring, caring, cellaring, charing, cheddaring, cheeseparing, childbearing, chivaring, clearing, coappearing, collaring, comparing, compearing, daring, dearing, declaring, dellaring, desugaring, disappearing, dogearing, drearing, earing, emparing, endearing, ensearing
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