"flares" meaning in English

See flares in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /flɛə̯z/ [Received-Pronunciation], /flɛɚ̯z/ [General-American], /fleːz/ [General-Australian], /fleəz/ [New-Zealand] (note: without the cheer–chair merger), /fliəz/ (note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger), /fleɹz/ [Scotland], /flɜː(ɹ)z/ (note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-flares.wav
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)z Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} flares
  1. plural of flare Tags: form-of, plural Form of: flare
    Sense id: en-flares-en-noun-HyrALNtH Categories (other): English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 37 18 45

Noun

IPA: /flɛə̯z/ [Received-Pronunciation], /flɛɚ̯z/ [General-American], /fleːz/ [General-Australian], /fleəz/ [New-Zealand] (note: without the cheer–chair merger), /fliəz/ (note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger), /fleɹz/ [Scotland], /flɜː(ɹ)z/ (note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-flares.wav
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)z Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} flares pl (plural only)
  1. Bell-bottoms, pants with flared legs. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-flares-en-noun-fZ2~zBGW Categories (other): English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 37 18 45

Verb

IPA: /flɛə̯z/ [Received-Pronunciation], /flɛɚ̯z/ [General-American], /fleːz/ [General-Australian], /fleəz/ [New-Zealand] (note: without the cheer–chair merger), /fliəz/ (note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger), /fleɹz/ [Scotland], /flɜː(ɹ)z/ (note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-flares.wav
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)z Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} flares
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flare Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: flare
    Sense id: en-flares-en-verb-GrMMGWf0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 15 81 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 37 18 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 21 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 12 86
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