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Glare

//ɡlɛɚ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective

1
smooth and bright or translucent; glary US
"skating on glare ice"

Noun

1
An intense, blinding light. uncountable
"the frame of burnished steel that cast a glare"
2
an angry stare wordnet
3
Showy brilliance; gaudiness. countable, uncountable
4
a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted wordnet
5
An angry or fierce stare. countable, uncountable
"About them round, / A lion now he stalks with fiery glare."

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a focus of public attention wordnet
7
A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call. countable, uncountable
8
A smooth, bright, glassy surface. US, countable, uncountable
"a glare of ice"
9
A viscous, transparent substance; glair. countable, uncountable

Verb

1
To stare angrily. intransitive
"He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time."
2
look at with a fixed gaze wordnet
3
To shine brightly. intransitive
"The sun glared down on the desert sand."
4
shine intensely wordnet
5
To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid. intransitive
"18th century, Alexander Pope, Epistle V to Miss Blount She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring."

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be sharply reflected wordnet
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To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light. transitive
"Every eye glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English glaren, from Old English *glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glarōn. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass.

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