Meaning of aflare | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Flaring (blazing or shining brightly or suddenly; also figuratively, of a strong emotion).
   not-comparable
2. Illuminated (with something blazing or shining).
   not-comparable
3. Flaring (opening outward).
   not-comparable

Examples

“1886, Mary Noailles Murfree (as Charles Egbert Craddock), In the Clouds, Chapter 17, p. 248, the flaming base⟳ of the opposite mountain, all luridly aflare in the windy dusk”

“Ho! Get⟳ to lair! The sun’s aflare / Behind the breathing grass:”

“[The dragon] kindly breathed out a little flame, which set⟳ the packet aflare for a moment.”

“[…] he had not wanted to see⟳ the man when perhaps his blood was running hot and his temper aflare.”

“[…] Old Pye Street, Peter’s Street, and Duck Lane were aflare with the coarse lights of open⟳ naphtha lamps,”

“He used to tell⟳ me how you two used to go down to the harbor and watch⟳ the big liners come⟳ in at night, all aflare with lights through the Golden Gate.”

“[…] at last⟳ they reached a corridor which was aflare with dancing torchlight.”

“ballet skirts aflare”

“To balance like⟳ a bird with wings aflare,”

“The black horse paced slowly out into the open⟳, neck arched, nostrils aflare, eyes rolling.”

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