Meaning of GLARE
| Pronunciation: | | glehr
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- [n] an angry stare
- [n] great brightness; "a glare of sunlight"; "the flowers were a blaze of color"
- [v] look at with a fixed gaze; "The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her"
- [v] shine intensely; "The sun glared down on us"
- [v] shine with a harsh, uncomfortably brilliant light; "Not even the sea can glare like the sun"
- [v] be sharply reflected; "The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface"
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| | Synonyms: | | blaze, brilliance, glower, glower |
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| | See Also: | | beam, beam, beat, brightness, reflect, shine, shine, stare, stare | |
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| | Definition: | |  Glare
A long poem written in casual, discursive, and short lines, GLARE ranges widely, blending speculation with memoir, philosophical adventure with humorous self-deprecation, plain diction with exuberant wordplay. The poem is made up of two parts, Strip and Scat Scan. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Glare\ (gl[^a]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glared}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Glaring}.] [OE. glaren, gloren; cf. AS. gl[ae]r
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\, v. t.
To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
Every eye Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious
fire. --Milton.
\Glare\, n.
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
glare. --Milton.
3. A viscous, transparent substance. See {Glair}.
4. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [U.
S. ]
\Glare\, a. [See {Glary}, and {Glare}, n.]
Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively
of ice; as, skating on glare ice. [U. S.]
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