Definition of flare

• v. i. - To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.
• v. i. - To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
• v. i. - To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy.
• v. i. - To be exposed to too much light.
• 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.
• n. - An unsteady, broad, offensive light.
• n. - A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.
• n. - Leaf of lard.