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1 a: a fire or blaze of light used especially to signal, illuminate, or attract attention
; also : a device or composition used to produce such a flare2: an unsteady glaring light b: solar flare
; also : a sudden increase and decrease in the brightness of a star often amounting to a difference of several magnitudes3 a: a sudden outburst (as of excitement or anger) b: flare-up 34 a: a spreading outward
; also : a place or part that spreads b: an area of skin flush5: light resulting from reflection (as between lens surfaces) or an effect of this light (as a fogged or dense area in a photographic negative)6 a: a short pass in football thrown to a back who is running toward the sideline b: a weakly hit fly ball in baseball <a flare into short right field>7plural : pants that flare toward the bottom
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