1. flare - Noun
2. flare - Verb
To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.
To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy.
To be exposed to too much light.
To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare.
An unsteady, broad, offensive light.
A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.
Leaf of lard.
Source: Webster's dictionaryGirls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Who's sorry for a gnat or girl? Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Life moves out of a red flare of dreams into a common light of common hours, until old age bring the red flare again. William Butler Yeats
We were all born of flesh, in a flare of pain. We do not remember the red roots whence we rose, but we know that we rose and walked, that after a while we shall lie down again. Conrad Aiken
Have regrets. They are fuel. On the page they flare into desire. Geoff Dyer
Other people's children cause your nostrils to flare. Madagascan Proverb
Before you flare up at anyone's faults, take time to count ten of your own. American Proverb