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# flare

noun (flare, flares); verb (flare, flares, flared, flaring)

«flare» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A flare is a very bright light or flame used as a signal for help, especially at sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#m1)
2. To flare is to burn suddenly brightly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#m2)
3. To flare up is for something bad to start suddenly or get worse, like anger, a fire or an illness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#m3)
4. To flare is to get wider at the bottom, like a skirt or nostrils. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#m4)

### In the lessons

In safety lessons boats carry flares to signal for help; never touch a flare found on a beach and tell an adult. In science solar flares are huge bursts of energy from the Sun. In stories tempers flare and fires flare up in the wind; a horse's nostrils flare. Phrases: send up a flare, flare up, solar flare, flared trousers.

### Examples

- The sailors fired a flare to call for help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#x1)
- The fire flared up in the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#x2)
- Don't touch flares you find on the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#x3)
- A solar flare is a burst of energy from the Sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#x4)
- His temper flared when he lost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#x5)
- Her asthma flared up in the cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#x6)
- The horse's nostrils flared. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#x7)
- A LAMP, soaked with too much oil and flaring brightly, boasted that it gave more light than the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb (flared). Do not confuse «flare» (a bright flame) with «flair» (a natural talent) — they sound the same. Flares are dangerous explosives, not toys.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «flare» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«flare» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/flare.html) on Mova free.