flash-v; 5 Senses

Sense Number 1: (cause to) emit a brief burst of light

Commentary:
NOTE: This sense only applies to light emission. If a sentence is unclear as to whether it's describing light emission, tag it as sense 2.
NOTE: Includes metaphorical uses.

Examples:
A shooting star flashed and was gone.
He flashed his headlights twice to signal her.
The neon sign was flashing all night long.

Mappings:
VerbNet: light_emission-43.1
FrameNet: Light_movement,Location_of_light
PropBank: flash.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 8

Sense Number 2: (cause to) appear suddenly or briefly

Examples:
The headlines flashed onto the screen.
Summer vacation seems to flash by.
The strangest image flashed into her mind when he said that.
The latest intelligence is flashed to all the command posts.
He flashed his badge as he entered the room.
She flashed him a look of warning.
He's always flashing his money clip to be sure we know how rich he is.

Mappings:
VerbNet: crane-40.3.2
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: flash.01,flash.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Sense Number 3: protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal

Examples:
They flashed the roof the following week.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7

Sense Number 4: FLASH BACK: suddenly return in time

Examples:
The movie flashed back to the protagonist's childhood.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: flash.03
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
flash_back 1

Sense Number 5: speak or behave with sudden anger

Examples:
'What do you want?!' He flashed giving her a dark look.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM