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| flare | |
| 1. sost. scatto | |
| 2. sost. chiarore | |
| 3. sost. segnale di luce | |
| 4. sost. (aeronautica) richiamata | |
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| flare | |
| 1. subst. A source of brightly burning light or intense heat. |  |
| solar flare | |
| 2. subst. 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 d | |
| Flares were used to steer the traffic away from the accident. | |
| The flares attracted the heat-seeking missiles. | |
| 3. subst. (oil industry) A flame produced by a burn-off of waste gas (flare gas) from a flare tower (or flare stack), typically at an oil refinery. | |
| 4. subst. (figuratively) A sudden eruption or outbreak; a flare-up. | |
| 5. subst. A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width. | |
| During assembly of a flare tube fitting, a flare nut is used to secure the flared tubing’s tapered end to the also tapered fitting, producing a pressure-resistant, leak-tight seal. | |
| That’s a genuine early 70’s flare on those pants. | |
| 6. subst. (in plural) Bell-bottom trousers. | |
| 7. subst. (aviation) The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing. | |
| The captain executed the flare perfectly, and we lightly touched down. | |
| 8. subst. (baseball) A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders. | |
| Synonyms: blooper, Texas leaguer | |
| Jones hits a little flare to left that falls for a single. | |
| 9. subst. (photography) (short for, lens flare) | |
| 10. v. To cause to burn. | |
| 11. v. To cause inflammation; to inflame. | |
| 12. v. To open outward in shape. | |
| The cat flared its nostrils while sniffing at the air. (transitive) | |
| The cat’s nostrils flared when it sniffed at the air. (intransitive) | |
| The building flared from the third through the seventh floors to occupy the airspace over the entrance plaza. (intransitive) | |
| The sides of a bowl flare. (intransitive) | |
| 13. v. (ambitransitive, aviation) To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing. | |
| 14. v. (intransitive) To blaze brightly. | |
| The blast furnace flared in the night. | |
| 15. v. (intransitive) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light. | |
| The candle flared in a sudden draught. | |
| 16. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy. | |
| 17. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To suddenly happen or intensify. | |
| Synonyms: flare up | |
| 18. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To suddenly erupt in anger. | |
| Synonyms: flare up | |
| 19. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be exposed to too much light. | |
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