Etymology : Middle English glaren; akin to Old English glæs glass
Pronunciation : 'glar, 'gler
Function : verb
Date : 13th century
1. radiance, brilliance; blinding light; piercing look; angry look. shine, flash; dazzle, blind; stare in an angry manner, stare at piercingly. smooth; slippery. 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.]glare \glare\ (glâr), v. i. [imp. & p. p. glared ; p. pr. & vb. n. glaring.] [oe. glaren, gloren; cf. as. gl?r amber, lg. glaren to glow or burn like coals, d. gloren to glimmer; prob. akin to e. glass.].
2. to shine with a bright, dazzling light. the cavern glares with new-admitted light.
3. to look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely. and eye that scorcheth all it glares upon.
4. to be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay. she glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.glare \glare\, v. t. to shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light. every eye glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.glare \glare\, n.
5. a bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light. the frame of burnished steel that cast a glare.
6. a fierce, piercing look or stare. about them round, a lion now he stalks with fiery glare.
7. a viscous, transparent substance. see:
glair.
8. a smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [u. s. ].
9. To shine with a bright, dazzling light.
10. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.
11. To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.
12. To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
13. A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.
14. A fierce, piercing look or stare.
15. A viscous, transparent substance.
16. See Glair.
17. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice.
18. Smooth and bright or translucent; used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice. an angry stare great brightness; "a glare of sunlight"; "the flowers were a blaze of color" shine intensely; "The sun glared down on us" be sharply reflected; "The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface".
19. 1. If you glare at someone, you look at them with an angry expression on your face. The old woman glared at him Jacob glared and muttered something. glaring eyes.
20. A glare is an angry, hard, and unfriendly look. His glasses magnified his irritable glare.
21. If the sun or a light glares, it shines with a very bright light which is difficult to look at. The sunlight glared. glaring searchlight beams.
22. Glare is very bright light that is difficult to look at. the glare of a car's headlights Special-purpose glasses reduce glare.
23. If someone is in the glare of publicity or public attention, they are constantly being watched and talked about by a lot of people. Norma is said to dislike the glare of publicity She attacked police in the full glare of TV cameras. A sheet or surface of glassy and very slippery ice.