Glare /(glâr)/
Glare
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Glared; p. pr. & vb. n. Glaring
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To shine with a bright, dazzling light.
The cavern glares with new-admitted light.
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To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.
And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon.
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To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.
She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
Glare
v. t.
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To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
Every eye Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.
Glare
n.
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A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.
The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare.
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A fierce, piercing look or stare.
About them round, A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.
- A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.
- A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [U. S.]
Glare
a.
- Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice. [U. S.]