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glare

/ɡlɛə/

noun

Meaning

  • An intense, blinding light.

  • Showy brilliance; gaudiness.

  • An angry or fierce stare.

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

  • A smooth, bright, glassy surface.

    "a glare of ice"

  • A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

verb

Meaning

  • To stare angrily.

    "He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time."

  • To shine brightly.

    "The sun glared down on the desert sand."

  • To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.

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

adjective

Meaning

  • (of ice) smooth and bright or translucent; glary

    "skating on glare ice"