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AFLARE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aflare mean?
• AFLARE (adjective)
The adjective AFLARE has 2 senses:
1. streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air
2. lighted up by or as by fire or flame
Familiarity information: AFLARE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air
Synonyms:
aflare; flaring
Context example:
flags aflare in the breeze
Similar:
moving (in motion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lighted up by or as by fire or flame
Synonyms:
ablaze; afire; aflame; aflare; alight; on fire
Context example:
houses on fire
Similar:
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