Flare

Flare

(1):

(v. i.) To be exposed to too much light.

(2):

(v. i.) To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy.

(3):

(n.) Leaf of lard.

(4):

(n.) A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.

(5):

(v. i.) To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

(6):

(n.) An unsteady, broad, offensive light.

(7):

(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.

(8):

(n.) A defect in a photographic objective such that an image of the stop, or diaphragm, appears as a fogged spot in the center of the developed negative.

(9):

(v. i.) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.