Flare in a sentence as a noun

Those things - 24fps, lens flare, low range, depth of field - have become part of our shared culture now.

Fires can instantly flare up and engulf a room in seconds.

If it still makes financial sense to flare rather than capture, fine.

Tensions would flare up when I'd 'borrow' other kids' stuff and then lend their stuff out to others.

It might be provoked indirectly by things like stress, but coffee or other food are not thought to trigger flare-ups.

But there is no evidence that diet either provokes flare-ups or induces remission.

I'd guess by '10% of total energy' they mean '10% of the total energy output in that period of time is released just in the area of the _flare_'

Flare in a sentence as a verb

Without the low dynamic range of film, the dark corners of the Nostromo in Alien would have looked like a plywood movie set. Without lens flare and blown highlights then the plight of a dehydrated hero in the desert would be much harder to get across.

In addition to being a hazard, the cop has already tagged you - and the sudden flare of brakelights is a surefire giveaway to the fact that you know you were speeding.

Of course, at that point, the available treatments for a flare-up of MS are less effective at preventing long-term neurological problems.

However, they were extremely vulnerable to solar flares, which could have subjected them to extremely high doses of radiation that they had no way to protect against.

Poor estimates lead to poor communication because when things go badly, nobody wants to send up the signal flare for help or tell the boss that the project is not going to hit the deadline.

As a result of the bridges of bone that formed from FOP flare-ups, Harry Eastlack's skeleton is almost completely fused into one piece, which proved little challenge for the articulator's craft"

The thin aluminum skin of a spacecraft won't be sufficient protection for these conditions, so they'll need both a greater level of day to day protection and also an area of heavy protection that they can use to ride out solar flares and CMEs.

Flare definitions

noun

a shape that spreads outward; "the skirt had a wide flare"

See also: flair

noun

a sudden burst of flame

noun

a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

See also: flash

noun

reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation

noun

a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms; "a colitis flare"; "infection can cause a lupus flare"

noun

a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference

noun

am unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection)

noun

a sudden outburst of emotion; "she felt a flare of delight"; "she could not control her flare of rage"

noun

a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification

noun

a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines; "he threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss"

noun

(baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield

verb

burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity"

verb

become flared and widen, usually at one end; "The bellbottom pants flare out"

verb

shine with a sudden light; "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment"

See also: flame

verb

erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"

See also: erupt irrupt