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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air;
- Example: "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her"
- Example: "flags aflare in the breeze"
[syn: aflare, flaring]

2. lighted up by or as by fire or flame;
- Example: "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"
- Example: "even the car's tires were aflame"
- Example: "a night aflare with fireworks"
- Example: "candles alight on the tables"
- Example: "houses on fire"
[syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

aflare adj 1: streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her"; "flags aflare in the breeze" [syn: aflare, flaring] 2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)]