1. To flame up with a bright, wavering light. 2. To burst into intense, sudden flame. 3. Tempers flared at the meeting. 4. The candidate flared at the reporter's question. 5. a skirt that flares from the waist; nostrils that flared with anger. 6. To cause to flame up. 7. To signal with a blaze of light. 8. 1 9. A device that produces a bright light for signaling, illumination, or identification. 10. An outbreak, as of emotion or activity. 11. An expanding or opening outward. 12. An unwanted reflection within an optical system or the resultant fogging of the image. 13. A solar flare. 14. A quick pass to a back running toward the sideline. 15. An area of redness on the skin surrounding the primary site of infection or irritation.
