glare

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An intense, blinding light.

   • the frame of burnished steel that cast a glare
2. 2

   Showy brilliance

   Showy brilliance; gaudiness.

3. 3

   An angry or fierce stare.

   • About them round, / A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.
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   1. 4

      A call collision

      A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.

   2. 5

      A smooth, bright, glassy surface.

      • a glare of ice
   3. 6

      A viscous, transparent substance

      A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

   4. 7

      To stare angrily.

      • He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.
      • eye that scorcheth all it glares upon
      • Thor glared at him with hard coal-black eyes[.]
   5. 8

      To shine brightly.

      • The sun glared down on the desert sand.
      • The cavern glares with new-admitted light.
   6. 9

      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.
   7. 10

      To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

      • Every eye glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.
   8. 11

      smooth and bright or translucent

      smooth and bright or translucent; glary

      • skating on glare ice

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