Blare

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blare \Blare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Blaring}.] [OE. blaren, bloren, to cry, woop; cf. G.
     pl[aum]rren to bleat, D. blaren to bleat, cry, weep. Prob. an
     imitative word, but cf. also E. blast. Cf. {Blore}.]
     To sound loudly and somewhat harshly. "The trumpet blared."
     --Tennyson.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blare \Blare\, v. t.
     To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim
     loudly.
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           To blare its own interpretation.         --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blare \Blare\, n.
     The harsh noise of a trumpet; a loud and somewhat harsh
     noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing.
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           With blare of bugle, clamor of men.      --Tennyson.
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           His ears are stunned with the thunder's blare. --J. R.
                                                    Drake.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blare
       n : a loud harsh or strident noise [syn: {blaring}, {cacophony},
            {clamor}, {din}]
       v 1: make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking
            into a microphone" [syn: {blast}]
       2: make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared" [syn: {honk},
           {beep}, {claxon}, {toot}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  181 Moby Thesaurus words for "blare":
     bark, bawl, bay, beep, belch, bell, bellow, blare forth, blast,
     blat, blate, blaze, blaze abroad, blazing light, blazon,
     blazon about, bleat, blinding light, blow, blow the horn, blubber,
     boom, bray, breathe, bright light, brightness, brilliance,
     brilliancy, brilliant light, bugle, burr, burst of light, buzz,
     cackle, call, caterwaul, caw, celebrate, chant, chirp, chirr,
     clamor, clang, clangor, clank, clarion, clash, coo, craunch, croak,
     crow, crump, crunch, cry, cry out, dazzling light, declaim, drawl,
     echo, effulgence, exclaim, fanfare, flamboyance, flame, flare,
     flood of light, flourish of trumpets, flute, fulgor, gasp,
     give tongue, give voice, glare, glaring light, glory, glow, grind,
     groan, growl, grumble, grunt, herald, herald abroad, hiss, honk,
     howl, jangle, jar, keen, lilt, low, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moo,
     mumble, murmur, mutter, neigh, nicker, noise, pant, peal, pipe,
     proclaim, promulgate, pule, radiance, radiancy, radiant splendor,
     rasp, refulgence, refulgency, resonate, resound, resplendence,
     resplendency, reverberate, ring, roar, rumble, scranch, scrape,
     scratch, screak, scream, screech, scrunch, shout, shriek, sibilate,
     sigh, sing, snap, snarl, snore, snort, sob, sound, sound a tattoo,
     sound taps, splendor, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal,
     streaming light, tantara, tantarara, taps, tarantara, tattoo,
     thunder, thunder forth, toot, tootle, troat, trumpet,
     trumpet blast, trumpet call, trumpet forth, twang, tweedle,
     ululate, vividness, wail, warble, whicker, whine, whinny, whisper,
     whistle, wind, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yip, yowl