Glare

6 definitions found

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

  Glare \Glare\, n.
     1. A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes;
        a confusing and bewildering light.
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              The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare.


                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. A fierce, piercing look or stare.
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              About them round,
              A lion now he stalks with fiery glare. --Milton.
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     3. A viscous, transparent substance. See {Glair}.
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     4. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [U.
        S. ]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

  Glare \Glare\, v. t.
     To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
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           Every eye
           Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.
                                                    --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]
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     1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light.
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              The cavern glares with new-admitted light. --Dryden.
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     2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly,
        angrily, or fiercely.
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              And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. --Byron.
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     3. To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be
        ostentatiously splendid or gay.
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              She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
                                                    --Pope.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]
       3: a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the
          limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full
          glare of publicity to the agency" [syn: {limelight}, {spotlight},
           {public eye}]
       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; "The moon glared back at itself from
          the lake's surface"
       3: shine intensely; "The sun glared down on us"

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

  207 Moby Thesaurus words for "glare":
     PR, aller sans dire, angry look, appear, ballyhoo, bandage,
     be bright, be evident, be manifest, be no secret, be noticeable,
     be revealed, be seen, be visible, beacon, beam, bedazzle,
     bedroom eyes, benight, blare, blatancy, blaze, blazing light,
     blind, blind the eyes, blindfold, blinding light, blurb, bore,
     brazenness, bright light, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy,
     brilliant light, burn, burst of light, celebrity, color,
     colorfulness, come across, come-hither look, common knowledge,
     crudeness, cry, currency, cut a dash, cut a figure, cut a swath,
     darken, dash, daylight, daze, dazzle, dazzling light, dazzlingness,
     deprive of sight, diffuse light, dim, dirty look, eclat, eclipse,
     effulgence, evil eye, excecate, exposure, extravagance,
     extravaganza, extravagation, fame, famousness, flagrancy,
     flamboyance, flame, flare, flash, flashiness, flood of light,
     floridity, floridness, flush, frown, fulgor, fulgurate, gaiety,
     gape, garishness, gaudery, gaudiness, gaup, gawk, gaze, give light,
     glad eye, glance, glaring light, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter,
     gloat, glory, glow, glower, glowering look, gnarl,
     go without saying, goggle, gorgeousness, gouge, growl, hang out,
     hoodwink, hoopla, hue and cry, incandesce, jauntiness, jazziness,
     limelight, look black, look daggers, loom large, loudness, lower,
     luridness, luster, make a figure, make a show, make a splash,
     make blind, malocchio, mantle, maximum dissemination,
     meet the gaze, meretriciousness, need no explanation, notoriety,
     obscure, obtrusiveness, offense, ogle, ostentation, panache, peer,
     penetrating look, pique, plug, press notice, project, public eye,
     public knowledge, public relations, public report, publicity,
     publicity story, publicness, puff, radiance, radiancy,
     radiant splendor, radiate, reclame, redden, refulgence, refulgency,
     report, resplendence, resplendency, sauter aux yeux, scowl,
     send out rays, sensationalism, shamelessness, shine,
     shine brightly, shine out, shine through, shoot, shoot out rays,
     shout, show, show through, show up, showiness, snap, snarl,
     snow-blind, speak for itself, spit, splash, splendor, splurge,
     sportiness, spotlight, stand forth, stand out, stare, stick out,
     streaming light, strike blind, strike the eye, tawdriness, umbrage,
     vividness, vulgarness, whammy, write-up