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  • 11flare-up — [flerup΄] n. 1. a sudden outburst of flame 2. a sudden, brief outburst of anger, trouble, etc. * * * flare up (flârʹŭp ) n. 1. A sudden outbreak of flame or light: a flare up of the embers. 2. An outburst or eruption: a flare …

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  • 12Flare (magazine) — Flare is a Canadian fashion magazine. It is owned by Rogers Communications. Flare was formerly Miss Chatelaine magazine until 1979 when it had a reinvention. It has labeled itself Canada s Fashion magazine . It celebrated its twenty fifth… …

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  • 13Flare —   [fleə, englisch] das, s/ s, eine plötzliche Erhöhung der Strahlung eines Sterns; speziell ein intensiver, stürmisch verlaufender Strahlungsausbruch in der Chromosphäre der Sonne, der im Zusammenhang mit Sonnenflecken auftritt (Sonneneruption,… …

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  • 14flare-up — flare ups N COUNT: usu a N of/in n If there is a flare up of violence or of an illness, it suddenly starts or gets worse. There s been a flare up of violence in South Africa. ...a flare up in her arthritis …

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  • 15flare up — {v.} 1. To burn brightly for a short time especially after having died down. * /The fire flared up again and then died./ 2. To become suddenly angry. * /The mayor flared up at the reporter s remark./ * /The mother flared up at her children./ 3.… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 16flare up — {v.} 1. To burn brightly for a short time especially after having died down. * /The fire flared up again and then died./ 2. To become suddenly angry. * /The mayor flared up at the reporter s remark./ * /The mother flared up at her children./ 3.… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 17Flare — Flare, n. Leaf of lard. Pig s flare. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 18Flare — Flare, n. 1. An unsteady, broad, offensive light. [1913 Webster] 2. A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace. [1913 Webster] 3. (Photog.) A defect in a photographic objective such that an image of the stop, or diaphragm, appears as a… …

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  • 19flare-up — n 1.) a situation in which someone suddenly becomes angry or violent ▪ Apart from one or two flare ups the match went fairly smoothly. 2.) a situation in which someone suddenly has problems because of a disease or illness after not having any… …

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  • 20flare — [fler] vi. flared, flaring [ME fleare < ?] 1. a) to blaze up with a sudden, bright light b) to burn unsteadily, as a flame whipped about by the wind 2. to burst out suddenly in anger, violence, etc.: often with up or out 3 …

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