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Flared

Definition: Flared

Flared

Adjective

1. Having a gradual increase in width; "flared nostrils"; "a skirt flaring from the waist".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "flared" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

 

Synonym: Flared

Synonym: flaring (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Flared

English words defined with "flared": bell, blunderbuss, break open, burst outchap, corneteruptflame, flare, flare out, flare uphornill-manneredjodhpur, jodhpur breechespeplumriding breeches, rudesunburst pleat, sunray pleattrumpetunmannered, unmannerly. (references)
Specialty definitions using "flared": cake pan, CHOPPED-STRAND OPERATOR, circular drop inlet spillwayglory hole spillwaymorning glory spillwayshaft spillway. (references)
Etymologies containing "flared": Flare. (references)

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Modern Usage: Flared

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I love those white flared trousers and the feel of rough blue serge on those pert little buttocks-- (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Flared

DomainTitle

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Flared

Illustrations: Flared

Subject(s): ... dress, flared, skirt ...

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Computer Images: Flared

Subject(s): ... sleeves, trousers, flared ...

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Photo Album: Flared

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Off Amoy, China, on 21 October 1938. Photographed from USS Pillsbury (DD-227). Note: Crew on deck; Flared funnel tops; Kawanishi E17K and Nakajima E8N floatplanes on the aircraft deck. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Use in Literature: Flared

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

The sun flared down on the growing corn day after day until a line of brown spread along the edge of each green bayonet

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Flared

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

It is re-injected, used as fuel by the producer in internal operations, flared or vented. (references)

Natural gas associated with oil production is flared, consequently, there is no gas market of any significance in Ecuador. (references)

Civil Liberties

Burundi

Tensions have flared occasionally between Hutu and Tutsi students on campus, where politically and ethnically motivated killings occurred in 1995 and 1996. Following the April and July coup attempts, some Hutu students left the university when armed Tutsi students appeared on campus. (references)

Economic History

Pakistan

By early summer, serious fighting flared in the Kargil sector. (references)

Lebanon

Violent confrontation flared up again in Beirut in 1988 between Amal and Hizballah. (references)

Political Economy

Indonesia

Inter-communal strife, often with religious overtones, has also flared up in some areas, such as Maluku, Central Sulawesi, and West and Central Kalimantan. (references)

Congo

On occasion tension between the Hema and Lendu ethnic groups in the area of Bunia, Orientale Province, flared into violence that resulted in hundreds of deaths. (references)

Moldova

Fighting flared briefly in 1992 but ended after Russian forces intervened, and a truce has held since, although agreements to normalize relations have not been honored. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Flared

"Flared" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 72.09% of the time. "Flared" is used about 326 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past tense)72.09%23519,568
Adjective (general or positive)15.95%5247,145
Lexical Verb (past participle)11.35%3756,631
Noun (proper)0.61%2245,945
                    Total100.00%326N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Flared

Expressions using "flared": flared fitting flared flaring flared joint flared landing flared section flared skirt flared up. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "flared": flared-leg, flared-path.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: Flared

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

flared

19

flared jean

10

flared skirt

7

man flared jean

5

body flared kit mugen

3

crx flared mugen

3

body crx flared kit mugen

3

fenders flared

2

flared stairs

2

double flared plug

2

end flared section

2

flared mugen

2

deck flared stairs

2

flared tubing

2

flared mini skirt

2

flared pants

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Flared

Language Translations for "flared"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

клоширана пола (flared skirt). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

飘动 (flaring). (various references)

   

Czech

  

plápolající (flaring). (various references)

   

Danish

  

forbindessesstykke ved rørudvidelse (flared connection), flarestuds (flared connection), flare samling (flared connection), udkravningsforskruning (flared fitting), udfaldende spant (flared section), opdrevet rand (flared end), opdrevet kant (flared end), kravesamling (flare fitting, flared joint), kegleformig kopskive (flared cup grinding wheel, taper cup grinding wheel), kegleformet stråle (flared beam), bertle-samling (flared connection), bagakselrør (rear axle flared tube). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

flare-verbinding (flared joint), felskoppeling (flared fitting), verwijd einde (flared end), trechterampul (flared neck ampoule, funnel ampoule), opgedreven rand (flared end), onder uitstaande hak (flared heel), kegelvormige bundel (flared beam), getrompte verbinding (flared connection), geroefelde rand (flared end), geroefelde hals (flared neck), conische komschijf (flared cup grinding wheel, flared cup wheel, taper cup grinding wheel, tapered cup wheel), afgeronde landing (flare, flared landing), achterastrechter (rear axle flared tube). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

suppilonmuotoinen ampulli (flared neck ampoule, funnel ampoule), suppiloampulli (flared neck ampoule, funnel ampoule), pompadourkorko (flared heel), paartoliitos (flare fitting, flared joint), levittynyt keila (flared beam), kaulusliitos (flare fitting, flared joint), kaulusliitin (flared fitting), kaulan laajennus (flared neck), kartiokuppilaikka (flared cup grinding wheel, taper cup grinding wheel), avarrettu reuna (flared end), aukidriivattu reuna (flared end). (various references)

   

French

  

faisceau évasé (flared beam), ampoule à col éclaté (flared neck ampoule), ampoule-bouteille à col éclaté (flared neck ampoule), atterrissage en flare (flare, flared landing), bord évasé (flared end), bout évasé (flared end), branche courbée en s (flared handle), collet (flare fitting, flared joint), collet mandriné (flared fitting), collet mandrine (flared fitting), évasement du col (flared neck), joint évasé (flare fitting, flared joint), tube à simple épanoui (flared tube), joint conique (flare fitting, flared joint), joint mandriné (flare fitting, flared joint), meule boisseau conique (flared cup grinding wheel), raccord par tube évasé (flared connection), section a devers (flared section), section evasé (flared section), soudure sur joint en demi-V comportant un bord épanoui (flare bevel groove weld, flared bevel butt weld), soudure sur joint en V à bords épanouis (flared-V butt weld, flare-Vee groove weld), talon évasé (flared heel), trompette de pont arrière (rear axle flared tube), dudgeon (flare fitting, flared joint). (various references)

   

German

  

geflackert, flackerte (flickered). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κωνικός κωδωνοειδής λειαντικός τροχός (flared cup grinding wheel, taper cup grinding wheel), ραφή V με αναδίπλωση (flared-V butt weld, flare-Vee groove weld), ραφή HV με αναδίπλωση (flare bevel groove weld, flared bevel butt weld), σύνδεσμος με αναδίπλωση (flare fitting, flared joint), σύνδεση μέσω διαστολής του σωλήνα (flared connection), σύνδεση με εκτόνωση στομίου (flared fitting), προσγείωση με οριζοντίωση (flare, flared landing), πλατύστομο άκρο (flared end), χωνί οπίσθιου άξονα (rear axle flared tube), φαρδύς λαιμός (flared end), τακούνι καμπάνα (flared heel), δέσμη με βαθμιαίο άνοιγμα (flared beam), Φάρδεμα λαιμού (flared neck), Aμπούλα σε σχήμα χωνιού (flared neck ampoule, funnel ampoule). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kivilágított leszállópálya (flared-path). (various references)

   

Italian

  

fiala a calicino (flared neck ampoule), fascio svasato (flared beam), tacco a campana (flared heel), sezione stellata (flared section), raccordo mediante tubo svasato (flared connection), giunto a cartella (flare fitting, flared joint), estremità svasata (flared end), estremità allargata (flared end), collo svasato (flared neck), bordo svasato (flared end), atterraggio richiamato (flare, flared landing). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

확 타오르는. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aredflay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

feixe coniforme (flared beam), feixe alargado (flared beam), tacão em forma de sino (flared heel), soldadura em junta meio V com um bordo expandido (flare bevel groove weld, flared bevel butt weld), ligação por tubo abocardado (flared connection), incendiado (flared up), gargalo alargado (flared neck), bordo alargado (flared end), aterragem com sinal pirotécnico (flare, flared landing), aterragem com flare (flare, flared landing), ampola funil (flared neck ampoule, funnel ampoule), ampola com gargalo alargado em forma de funil (flared neck ampoule, funnel ampoule). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

юбка-клеш (flared skirt). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

suknja koja se širi (flared skirt). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

acampanado (bell bottomed, bell-shaped). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

flammande (blazing, fiery, flamboyant, flaming, flamy), utsvängd. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Flared

Misspellings

"Flared" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: filaret, flaied, flaled, flarre, flaxed, flere, lared, Velarde. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Flared"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "flared" (pronounced fle"rd)
4-l e" r dblared, declared, laird, glared, undeclared.
3-e" r daired, bared, cared, chaired, compared, dared, despaired, ensnared, erred, fared, haired, impaired, paired, pared, prepared, repaired, scared, shared, snared, spared, squared, stared, unimpaired, unprepared.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Flared

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: fardel.

Words within the letters "a-d-e-f-l-r"

-1 letter: alder, fader, fared, farle, feral, flare, lader.

-2 letters: alef, dale, dare, deaf, deal, dear, delf, earl, fade, fard, fare, farl, feal, fear, flea, fled, frae, lade, lard, lead, leaf, lear, rale, read, real.

-3 letters: ale, are, arf, dal, del, ear, eld, elf, era, fad, far, fed, fer, lad, lar, lea, led, rad, red.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-f-l-r"
 

+1 letter: dareful, fardels, federal, raffled.

 

+2 letters: airfield, alderfly, deferral, deflater, deflator, defrayal, dreadful, dreamful, fairlead, falderal, falderol, faltered, federals, feldspar, flavored, fordable, forelady, foreland, frazzled, freeload, leftward, pedalfer, reflated, selfward.

 

+3 letters: airfields, airlifted, broadleaf, clarified, dayflower, defaulter, deferrals, deflaters, deflators, defrayals, delftware, draftable, drawerful, dreadfuls, dwarflike, fairleads, falderals, falderols, farandole, federally, feldspars, fieldfare, filagreed, filtrated, flattered, flavoured, floriated, forelands, freeloads, gardenful, leftwards, lifeguard, malformed, pedalfers, prefeudal, refloated, regardful.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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