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| 1. | [ adjective ] streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air | |
| Synonyms: | waving fluttering flying flaring | |
| Examples: | "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her" "a fluttering scarf" "flying banners" "flags waving in the breeze" |
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| Related terms: | moving | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] lighted up by or as by fire or flame | |
| Synonyms: | blazing flaming afire on_fire burning alight aflame ablaze | |
| Examples: | "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning" "even the car's tires were aflame" "candles alight on the tables" "blazing logs in the fireplace" "a burning cigarette" "a flaming crackling fire" "houses on fire" |
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| Related terms: | lighted | |
