aflare

Definitions of aflare
  1. adjective
    lighted up by or as by fire or flame
    “a night aflare with fireworks”
    synonyms: ablaze, afire, aflame, alight, on fire
    lighted, lit
    set afire or burning
  2. adjective
    streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air
    “flags aflare in the breeze”
    synonyms: flaring
    moving
    in motion
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