glare
English
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Etymology
From Middle English glaren, from Old English glærian, from Proto-Germanic *glēzāną. 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.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Noun
glare (countable and uncountable, plural glares)
- (uncountable) An intense, blinding light.
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- the frame of burnished steel that cast a glare
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- Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
- An angry or fierce stare.
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- About them round, / A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.
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- (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
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brilliance
a stare
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Verb
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- (intransitive) To stare angrily.
- He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.
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- an eye that scorcheth all it glares upon
- (intransitive) To shine brightly.
- The sun glared down on the desert sand.
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- The cavern glares with new-admitted light.
- To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
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- She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
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- (transitive) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
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- Every eye glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.
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Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Translations
to stare angrily
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shine
Adjective
glare (comparative more glare, superlative most glare)
- (US, of ice) smooth and bright or translucent; glary
- skating on glare ice
Anagrams
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
glare | ghlare | nglare |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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