"flaring" meaning in All languages combined

See flaring on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: flarings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} flaring (countable and uncountable, plural flarings)
  1. The act of something that flares. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-flaring-en-noun-hoBLZ7Ue
  2. (oil industry) The deliberate open-air burning of natural gas that is generated as a by-product of various petrochemical processes, especially oil extraction; gas flaring. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Oil industry
    Sense id: en-flaring-en-noun-fNmahfr9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 92 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 87 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 90 3

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} flaring
  1. present participle and gerund of flare Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: flare
    Sense id: en-flaring-en-verb-VfJFYOOn

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1809, Diedrich Knickerbocker [pseudonym; Washington Irving], A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Inskeep & Bradford, […], →OCLC:",
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          "text": "Coordinate term: venting"
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