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FLARING

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• FLARING (adjective)
The adjective FLARING has 2 senses:

1. having a gradual increase in width
2. streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air

Familiarity information: FLARING used as an adjective is rare.

• FLARING (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Having a gradual increase in width

Synonyms:

flared; flaring

Context examples:

flared nostrils / a skirt flaring from the waist

Similar:

increasing (becoming greater or larger)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air

Synonyms:

aflare; waving; flaring; flying

Context examples:

ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her / flying banners / flags waving in the breeze

Similar:

moving (in motion)

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