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glare

Pronunciation: /ɡlɛɚ/

The English word “glare” has 11 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An intense, blinding light.
  2. Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
  3. An angry or fierce stare.
  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.
  6. A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

verb

  1. To stare angrily.
  2. To shine brightly.
  3. To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
  4. To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

adjective

  1. smooth and bright or translucent; glary

Etymology

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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