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flared

UK/flɛəd/US/flɛɹd/Australia/fleːd/New Zealand/fleəd/

adjective

Of trousers, etc., widening towards the lower parts of the legs; bell-bottomed.

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Meanings

verb

participlepastsimple past and past participle of flare

adjectiveflared (not comparable)

not comparableOf trousers, etc., widening towards the lower parts of the legs; bell-bottomed.
She was wearing a black and white striped slack-suit with flared bottoms.
1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 16

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with flared

prepared shared scared haired aired squared paired Baird laird black-haired E=mc² reard scaaared staired

Anagrams

Alfred Falder fardel

Cite this entry

APA

flared. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flared

MLA

“flared.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flared. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flared,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flared.

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