Definition of "flaring" in Anglais

adjective

1. Having a tendency of streaming, flapping, or spreading broadly as if within a current of air or in outer space.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of flare

noun

1. The act of something that flares.

2. (oil industry) The deliberate open-air burning of natural gas that is generated as a by-product of various petrochemical processes, especially oil extraction; gas flaring.