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glare
UK /ɡlɛɚ/ US /ɡlɛɚ/
noun 5verb 4adj 1
Definitions
noun
1
An intense, blinding light.
the frame of burnished steel that cast a glare
2
Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
3
An angry or fierce stare.
About them round, / A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.
4
A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
5
A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
a glare of ice
verb
1
To stare angrily.
He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.
eye that scorcheth all it glares upon
2
To shine brightly.
The sun glared down on the desert sand.
The cavern glares with new-admitted light.
3
To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
18th century, Alexander Pope, Epistle V to Miss Blount She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
4
To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
Every eye glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.
adj
1
smooth and bright or translucent; glary
skating on glare ice
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