# flaring

Pronunciation: say "FLAIR-ing" US /ˈflɛɚ̯ɪŋ/, UK /ˈflɛə̯ɪŋ/, AUS /ˈfleːɹɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of flare. — present participle and gerund of flare
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of flare. Use it for something that is flaring now, or for the act of flaring.
   - _Tensions have been flaring along the border since the disputed election._
   - _Crews were flaring the excess gas from the new well all week._

## Noun

2. The action of something that flares, or a single instance of it, as when a flame suddenly blazes up.
   - Simple: The act of something flaring, like a flame that suddenly grows bigger and brighter.
   - _Nurses watch for a flaring of the nostrils, a sign that a child is struggling to breathe._
   - _Occasional flarings of the old gas lamps were the only light on the empty street._
3. The deliberate burning, in the open air, of natural gas produced as a by-product of petrochemical processes, especially oil extraction.
   - Simple: Burning off unwanted natural gas in open flames, mostly at places where oil is pumped.
   - _Regulators want producers to cut flaring and capture the gas for sale instead._
   - _Satellite images showed that flaring at the oil field had doubled in a year._

## Adjective

4. Tending to stream, flap, or spread out broadly, as if carried on a current of air or drifting in outer space.
   - Simple: Streaming, flapping, or spreading out wide, like something blowing in the wind or floating in space.
   - _Flaring waves of green light rippled across the northern sky._
   - _The dancers wore flaring silk sleeves that streamed behind them as they spun._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/flaring (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).