Word Study
aflare
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective aflare has 2 senses
- aflare(s = adj.all) flaring - 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"
- aflare(s = adj.all) ablaze, afire, aflame, alight, on fire - 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"
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