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# flare

«flare» in Mova's school dictionary: **a very bright light or flame used as a signal for help…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (flare, flares); verb (flare, flares, flared, flaring)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A flare is a very bright light or flame used as a signal for help, especially at sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#m1)

2) To flare is to burn suddenly brightly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#m2)

3) To flare up is for something bad to start suddenly or get worse, like anger, a fire or an illness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#m3)

4) To flare is to get wider at the bottom, like a skirt or nostrils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons boats carry flares to signal for help; never touch a flare found on a beach and tell an adult. In science solar flares are huge bursts of energy from the Sun. In stories tempers flare and fires flare up in the wind; a horse's nostrils flare. Phrases: send up a flare, flare up, solar flare, flared trousers.

### examples

- The sailors fired a flare to call for help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#x1)
- The fire flared up in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#x2)
- Don't touch flares you find on the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#x3)
- A solar flare is a burst of energy from the Sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#x4)
- His temper flared when he lost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#x5)
- Her asthma flared up in the cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#x6)
- The horse's nostrils flared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#x7)
- A LAMP, soaked with too much oil and flaring brightly, boasted that it gave more light than the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/#x8)

### note

Regular verb (flared). Do not confuse «flare» (a bright flame) with «flair» (a natural talent) — they sound the same. Flares are dangerous explosives, not toys.

### In the corpora

- [A barbecue stays hot for hours, and fuel must never be squirted onto it because it flares up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/6/)
- [Petrol and other fuel on a fire make it flare up in a flash and cause terrible burns.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/23/)
- [Do not touch strange metal objects, drums or flares on the beach; tell a grown-up or lifeguard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/20/)
- [Never touch fireworks, cartridges or flares found on the ground; tell a grown-up, because they may still explode.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/18/)
- [Thick moisturisers called emollients every day, and steroid creams for flare-ups used as the doctor says, keep eczema calm.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flare» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flare/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.