Meaning of BLARE
| Pronunciation: | | blehr
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- [n] a loud harsh or strident noise
- [v] make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone"
- [v] make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared"
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| | Synonyms: | | beep, blaring, blast, cacophony, clamor, claxon, din, honk, toot |
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| | See Also: | | go, make noise, noise, noise, resound, sound, tootle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Blare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Blaring}.] [OE. blaren, bloren, to cry, woop; cf. G.
pl["a]rren to bleat, D. blaren to bleat, cry, weep. Prob. an
imitative word, but cf. also E. blast. Cf. {Blore}.]
To sound loudly and somewhat harshly. ``The trumpet blared.''
--Tennyson.
\Blare\, v. t.
To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim
loudly.
To blare its own interpretation. --Tennyson.
\Blare\, n.
The harsh noise of a trumpet; a loud and somewhat harsh
noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing.
With blare of bugle, clamor of men. --Tennyson.
His ears are stunned with the thunder's blare. --J. R.
Drake.
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