Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outflare

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: out-flare
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To flare outward.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"One hundred and seventy tracings of the feet of Oriental adults from China and India, many of whom have never worn shoes, showed the three types of straight, outflared and inflared feet as in shoe-wearing Americans, though the percentages of the three classes are different."
"… ‘right outflare, left inflare’ pattern, with the innonimates rotated clockwise around the vertical axis …"

Etymology

From out- + flare.

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

outflares (present, singular) outflaring (participle, present) outflared (participle, past) outflared (past)

Antonyms

inflare

Questions

What does outflare mean?: To flare outward.
Where does outflare come from?: From out- + flare.

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