glare

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡlɛəɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡlɛə/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Noun[edit]

glare (countable and uncountable, plural glares)

1. (uncountable) An intense, blinding light.
2. Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
3. An angry or fierce stare.
4. (telephony) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
5. (US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.

   a glare of ice

6. A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

glare (third-person singular simple present glares, present participle glaring, simple past and past participle glared)

1. (intransitive) To stare angrily.

   He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.
2. (intransitive) To shine brightly.

   The sun glared down on the desert sand.
3. To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
4. (transitive) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

Coordinate terms[edit]

• scowl

Derived terms[edit]

• aglare
• glaringly
• glare filter

Translations[edit]

Adjective[edit]

glare (comparative more glare, superlative most glare)

1. (US, of ice) smooth and bright or translucent; glary

   skating on glare ice

Anagrams[edit]

• Agler, Alger, Elgar, Large, Ragle, ergal, lager, large, regal

Manx[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish glór.

Noun[edit]

glare f (genitive singular glare, plural glaraghyn)

1. speech
2. language, parlance
3. utterance

Derived terms[edit]

• glare-vroghe
• glareydagh (“linguistic; linguist”)
• lioar-ghlare (“literary language”)
• neughlaragh (“voiceless”)

Mutation[edit]