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flaring out

flaring out is the present participle and gerund of flare out.

Meaning of flare out

Verb

flare out (third-person singular simple present flares out, present participle flaring out, simple past and past participle flared out)

  1. (intransitive) To extend from a central position, so as to create drag or instability.
    • When performing this exercise, do not allow your arms to flare out.
  2. Synonym of flare up (“to burst out suddenly, as in anger”).
    Synonyms:
    flare up

Questions about flaring out

What is flaring out the present participle and gerund of?
Flaring out is the present participle and gerund of flare out.

Words near flaring out in the dictionary

  1. flareup
  2. flareups
  3. Flarf
  4. flargh
  5. flaring
  6. flaring out
  7. flaring up
  8. flaringly
  9. flarings
  10. flark
  11. flarks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flaring out (page history and authors); flare out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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