aflare adj 1: streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her"; "flags aflare in the breeze" [syn: {aflare}, {flaring}] 2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire" [syn: {ablaze(p)}, {afire(p)}, {aflame(p)}, {aflare(p)}, {alight(p)}, {on fire(p)}]