"flare-up" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-flare-up.wav Forms: flare-ups [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from flare up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|flare up}} Deverbal from flare up Head templates: {{en-noun}} flare-up (plural flare-ups)
  1. A sudden outbreak, outburst or eruption (originally of flame, but now used more generally of any violent activity or emotion). Translations (outbreak, outburst or eruption): vzplanutí [neuter] (Czech), purkaus (Finnish), rozbłysk [masculine] (Polish), вспы́шка (vspýška) [feminine] (Russian), brote [masculine] (Spanish), ânî alevlenme (Turkish), ânî öfke (Turkish), hiddet [law] (Turkish), patlama (Turkish), parlayıverme (Turkish), tutuşma (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-flare-up-en-noun-dHVozDAj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 37 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 29 35 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 39 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 29 37 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 26 39 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 29 36 35 Disambiguation of 'outbreak, outburst or eruption': 97 1 3
  2. A sudden intensification in activity.
    Sense id: en-flare-up-en-noun-dO2XnzxU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 37 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 47 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 29 35 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 39 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 29 37 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 26 39 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 29 36 35
  3. An inflammation such as of tendons (tendonitis) or joints (osteoarthritis). Synonyms: flare
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flareup

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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