From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[2019]
*** Etymology
{{multiple images |direction = vertical |image1 = Supportermarschen 2013
03.jpg |caption1 = Fans of the Swedish football club [Hammarby IF] holding
flares _(sense 2.1)_ during the traditional ‘supporters’ march’ in Stockholm,
Sweden |image2 = Gunvor bruligas rubgason, 1.jpeg |caption2 = A flare _(sense
2.2)_ at an oil refinery in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany |image3 = Redhead
Beach Bell Bottoms.jpg |caption3 = A mid-1970s photograph of a woman on a
beach wearing flares _(sense 5)_ or bell-bottom jeans |image4 = 2014 - Palácio
do Jaburu (11822564846).jpg |caption4 = Flare _(sense 9)_ in a photograph of
greater rheas in Brasília, Brazil }}
[en], first recorded in the mid 16th century, probably related to [la]. [no]
has a similar meaning, but the English word predates it. Possibly related to
[gmh], represented by modern [de].[1]
The noun is derived from the verb.[2]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A sudden bright light .
2. A source of brightly burning light or intense heat .
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [chapter=XII]
6. * [en]
7. * [en]
1. A type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light without an explosion , used to attract attention in an emergency , to illuminate an area , or as a decoy .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. [en] A flame produced by a burn-off of waste gas ( flare gas ) from a flare tower (or flare stack ), typically at an oil refinery .
5. * [en]
8. [en] A sudden eruption or outbreak ; a flare-up .
9. * [en]
10. A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width .
11. * [en]
12. * [en]
1. [en] The increase in width of most ship hull s with increasing height above the waterline .
13. [en] Bell-bottom trousers .
14. * [en]
15. * [en]
16. [en] The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing .
17. * [en]
18. [en] A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielder s and the outfielder s.
19. * [en]
20. [en] A route run by the running back , releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arc ing upfield looking for a short pass .
21. [en] [en] .
22. * [en]
23. An inflammation such as of tendon s ( tendonitis ) or joint s ( osteoarthritis ).
24. A breakdance move of someone helicopter ing his torso on alternating arm s.
**** Hyponyms
{{col3|en |lens flare |matchflare |megaflare |microflare |nanoflare |parachute
flare |solar flare |superflare }}
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en |airflare|trip flare|autoflare|earflare|flare
path|flary|hyperflare|outflare|tripflare|unflare|upflare |flare angel
|flareback |flare gun |flare nut |flare nut wrench |flareless |flarepath
|flare stack |flare tower |postflare |preflare }}
**** Descendants
- [it]
**** Translations
[sudden bright light]
- Esperanto: [eo]
[trans-bottom]
[source of brightly burning light or intense heat]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[type of pyrotechnic]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Irish: [ga]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] [slang] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[flame from burn-off of waste gas]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Norwegian:
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Irish: [ga]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Irish: [ga]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[transition from downward flight to level flight]
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[low fly ball] [trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- French: [fr]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To cause to burn ; in particular, to burn off excess gas .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. [en] To cause inflammation ; to inflame .
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
7. [en] To open outward in shape .
8. * [en]
9. * [en]
10. * [en]
11. * [en]
12. [en] To ( operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing .
13. * [en]
14. * [en]
15. [en] To blaze brightly .
16. * [volume=II]
17. * [en]
18. * [en]
19. * [en]
20. * [passage=On he went a few paces and touched a second, then a third, and a fourth, till at last we were surrounded on all three sides by a great ring of bodies FLARING furiously, the material with which they were preserved having rendered them so inflammable that the flames would literally spout out of the ears and mouth in tongues of fire a foot or more in length.]
21. [en] To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light ; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
22. * [en]
23. [en] To shine out with gaudy colours ; to be offensively bright or showy .
24. * [act=IV]
25. * [en]
26. [en] To suddenly happen or intensify .
27. * [en]
28. [en] To suddenly erupt in anger .
29. * [en]
30. * [en]
31. [en] To be exposed to too much light.
32. * [volume=I]
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en |aflare |flare out |flare up |nonflared |unflared |flarer |flareable
|flarable |flareability |flarability|outflare|upflare }}
**** Translations
[to cause to burn]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[to cause inflammation, to inflame]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[to open outward in shape]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] [tr] , [fi] [intr]
- German: [de] [reflexive] , [de] [reflexive] , [de] [reflexive]
- Russian: [ru] [reflexive] , [ru] [reflexive] , [ru] [non-reflexive] , [ru] [non-reflexive] , [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[to blaze brightly]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] [oil industry practice]
- Greek: [el]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Norwegian:
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[to shine out with a sudden and unsteady light]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[to shine out with gaudy colours]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] [colloquial] , [ru] [colloquial]
[trans-bottom]
[to suddenly happen or intensify]
- German: [de]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[to suddenly erupt in anger]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
*** References
References:
[1]. Partridge, Eric (2003): The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang, p. 1825
[2]. [part of speech= _n. [1]_] ; [part of speech=v]
- [R:Century 1911]
- [R:OneLook]
*** Further reading
- [pedia]
- [gas flare]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Finnish
*** Etymology
[fi].
*** Pronunciation
[fleö(r)]
*** Noun
[fi-noun]
1. [fi] [fi]
**** Declension
[flar]
** Italian
*** Etymology
[it].
*** Pronunciation
[flèr]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [it] [en] [source of brightly burning light or intense heat]
2. [it] lens flare
**** Derived terms
- [it]
*** Further reading
- [R:it:Trec]
** Latin
*** Verb
[la]
1. [la]