flared

Meaning of flared

adjective
  1. (especially of an item of clothing) having a shape that widens progressively towards the end or bottom.
    a flared skirt
    high-waisted flared jeans
  2. (of the nostrils) dilated.
    horses snorted impatiently through flared nostrils
verb, past tense
  1. burn or shine with a sudden intensity.
    the bonfire crackled and flared up
    behind him, lightning flared
  2. gradually become wider at one end.
    the dress flared out into a huge train

mid 16th century (in the sense ‘spread out one's hair’): of unknown origin. Current senses date from the 17th century.

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Hyphenation of flared

flared

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • flared is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

flared synonyms

Meaning flaring:

flaring

Meaning shine brightly or powerfully:

blaze

Meaning shine in a bright but brief, sudden, or intermittent way:

flash

Meaning burn and give off flames:

flame

Meaning shine brightly, especially with reflected light:

gleam

Meaning have an intense colour and a slight shine:

glow

Meaning (of something wet or greasy) shine with a sparkling light:

glisten

Meaning shine brightly with flashes of light:

sparkle

Meaning shine with a bright, shimmering reflected light:

glitter

Meaning (of light or a source of light) shine unsteadily; vary rapidly in brightness:

flicker

Meaning shine faintly with a wavering light:

glimmer

Meaning emit flashes of light; sparkle:

scintillate

Meaning (of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood:

burn

Anagrams of flared

Alfred, alfred, fardel

Words that rhyme with flared

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