glare
noun
- visual phenomenon
verb
- to look fixedly
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɡlɛɚ/ / /ɡlɛə/ / /ɡleː/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English glaren, from Old English *glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glarōn. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass.
- smooth and bright or translucent; glary
“skating on glare ice”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English glaren, from Old English *glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glarōn. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass.
- An intense, blinding light.
“the frame of burnished steel that cast a glare”
- Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
- An angry or fierce stare.
“About them round, / A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.”
- 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
Etymology: From Middle English glaren, from Old English *glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glarōn. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass.
- To stare angrily.
“He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.”
“eye that scorcheth all it glares upon”
- To shine brightly.
“The sun glared down on the desert sand.”
“The cavern glares with new-admitted light.”
- To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
“18th century, Alexander Pope, Epistle V to Miss Blount She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.”
- To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
“Every eye glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.”