- flaring
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adjective
Date: 1566
1.
a. flaming or as if flaming brightly or unsteadily
b. gaudy <a flaring resort hotel> 2. opening or spreading outward <flaring nostrils> • flaringly adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
flaring
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Flaring — Flar ing, a. 1. That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out with a dazzling light. [1913 Webster] His [the sun s] flaring beams. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Opening or speading outwards. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
flaring — index blatant (obtrusive) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
flaring — [fler′iŋ] adj. 1. blazing unsteadily for a little while 2. gaudy; lurid 3. curving or spreading outward … English World dictionary
Flaring — Flare Flare, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flaring}.] [Cf. Norw. flara to blaze, flame, adorn with tinsel, dial. Sw. flasa upp, and E. flash, or flacker.] 1. To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
flaring — flaringly, adv. /flair ing/, adj. 1. blazing; flaming. 2. glaringly bright or showy. 3. spreading gradually outward in form: a flaring skirt. [1585 95; FLARE + ING2] * * * … Universalium
flaring — adjective streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her flags aflare in the breeze • Syn: ↑aflare • Similar to: ↑moving … Useful english dictionary
Flaring cell — Flaring cell. См. Ванна Геринга. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) … Словарь металлургических терминов
flaring angle — skėsties kampas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. divergence angle; flare angle; flaring angle vok. Divergenzwinkel, m; Öffnungswinkel, m; Streuungswinkel, m rus. угол раскрыва, m; угол раствора, m; угол расходимости, m pranc. angle de… … Fizikos terminų žodynas
flaring — a behaviour of fish in which the opercula and fins are extended fully, e.g. Betta splendens males in response to other males (or a mirror) … Dictionary of ichthyology
flaring — adj. [Uncertain] To open, spread or project outward; spreading from within toward outward; a lip … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
