From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Flare \Flare\ (fl[^a]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flared
(fl[^a]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Flaring.] [Cf. Norw. flara to
blaze, flame, adorn with tinsel, dial. Sw. flasa upp, and E.
flash, or flacker.]
1. To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle
flares.
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2. To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a
dazzling or painfully bright light.
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3. To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be
offensively bright or showy.
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With ribbons pendant, flaring about her head.
--Shak.
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4. To be exposed to too much light. [Obs.]
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Flaring in sunshine all the day. --Prior.
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5. To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the
perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of
a ship flare.
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To flare up, to become suddenly heated or excited; to burst
into a passion. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Flaring \Flar"ing\, a.
1. That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out
with a dazzling light.
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His [the sun's] flaring beams. --Milton.
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2. Opening or speading outwards.
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