5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glare \Glare\ (gl[^a]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glared}; p. pr &
vb n. {Glaring}.] [OE. glaren, gloren; cf AS gl[ae]r
amber, LG glaren to glow or burn like coals, D. gloren to
glimmer; prob. akin to E. glass.]
1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light.
The cavern glares with new-admitted light. --Dryden.
2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly,
angrily, or fiercely.
And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon --Byron.
3. To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be
ostentatiously splendid or gay.
She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
--Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glare \Glare\, v. t.
To shoot out or emit, as a dazzling light.
Every eye Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious
fire. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glare \Glare\, n.
1. A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes;
a confusing and bewildering light.
The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare.
--Dryden.
2. A fierce, piercing look or stare.
About them round, A lion now he stalks with fiery
glare. --Milton.
3. A viscous, transparent substance. See {Glair}.
4. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as a glare of ice. [U.
S. ]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glare \Glare\, a. [See {Glary}, and {Glare}, n.]
Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively
of ice; as skating on glare ice. [U. S.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
glare
n 1: great brightness; "a glare of sunlight"; "the flowers were a
blaze of color" [syn: {blaze}, {brilliance}]
2: an angry stare [syn: {glower}]
v 1: look at with a fixed gaze: "The girl glared at the man who
tried to make a pass at her" [syn: {glower}]
2: be sharply reflected
3: shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light
4: shine intensely; "The sun glared down on us"
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