flared

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /flɛəd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /flɛɹd/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /fleːd/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /fleəd/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /fliəd/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /fleɹd/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /flɜː(ɹ)d/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d

Verb

flared

1. simple past and past participle of flare

Adjective

flared (not comparable)

1. Of trousers, etc., widening towards the lower parts of the legs; bell-bottomed.
   • 1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 16:

     She was wearing a black and white striped slack-suit with flared bottoms.

Derived terms

• nonflared
• unflared

Anagrams

• Alfred, Falder, fardel, fardle, farled, larfed