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Webster 1913 Edition
Glare
Glare
(glâr)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Glared
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Glaring
.] [OE.
glaren
, gloren
; cf. AS. glær
amber, LG. glaren
to glow or burn like coals, D. gloren
to glimmer; prob. akin to E. glass
.] 1.
To shine with a bright, dazzling light.
The cavern glares with new-admitted light.
Dryden.
2.
To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.
And eye that scorcheth all it
glares
upon. Byron.
3.
To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.
She
glares
in balls, front boxes, and the ring. Pope.
Glare
,Verb.
T.
To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
Every eye
Glared
lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire. Milton.
Glare
,Noun.
1.
A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.
The frame of burnished steel that cast a
glare
. Dryden.
2.
A fierce, piercing look or stare.
About them round,
A lion now he stalks with fiery
A lion now he stalks with fiery
glare
. Milton.
3.
A viscous, transparent substance. See
Glair
. 4.
A smooth, bright, glassy surface;
as, a
. glare
of ice[U. S. ]
Webster 1828 Edition
Glare
GLARE
,Noun.
1.
A bright dazzling light; clear, brilliant luster or splendor, that dazzles the eyes. The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare.
2.
A fierce, piercing look. --About them round,
A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.
3.
A viscous transparent substance. [See Glair.]GLARE
,Verb.
I.
The cavern glares with new admitted light.
1.
To look with fierce, piercing eyes. They glared, like angry lions.
2.
To shine with excessive luster; to be ostentatiously splendid; as a glaring dress. She glares in balls, front boxes and the ring.
GLARE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
glare
glare
English
Noun
glare (plural glares)
- (uncountable) An intense, blinding light.
- Dryden
- the frame of burnished steel that cast a glare
- Dryden
- Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
- An angry or fierce stare.
- Milton
- About them round, / A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.
- Milton
- (telephony) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
- (US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
- a glare of ice
- A viscous, transparent substance; glair.
Translations
light
a stare
Verb
glare (third-person singular simple present glares, present participle glaring, simple past and past participle glared)
- (intransitive) To stare angrily.
- He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.
- Byron
- an eye that scorcheth all it glares upon
- (intransitive) To shine brightly.
- The sun glared down on the desert sand.
- Dryden
- The cavern glares with new-admitted light.
- To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
- Alexander Pope
- She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
- Alexander Pope
- (transitive) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
- Milton
- Every eye glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.
- Milton
Translations
to stare angrily
shine
Derived terms
Adjective
glare (comparative more glare, superlative most glare)
- (US, of ice) smooth and bright or translucent; glary
- skating on glare ice
Anagrams
Lojban
Etymology
In Lojbanized spelling.
- Chinese: re — 熱/热 (rè)
- English: uarm — warm
- Hindi: garm — गर्म (garma)
- Spanish: kaluros — caluroso
- Russian: gariac — горячий (gorâčij)
- Arabic: xar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡlare/
Gismu
glare (rafsi gla)
- hot; x1 is hot/[warm] by standard x2.
Derived terms
- mligla (warm)
- bi'agla (feverish)
See also
Manx
Etymology
Noun
glare f (genitive singular glare, plural glaraghyn)
Derived terms
- glare-vroghe
- glareydagh (“linguistic; linguist”)
- lioar-ghlare (“literary language”)
- neughlaragh (“voiceless”)
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| glare | ghlare | nglare |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||