Definitions for glare
glɛərglare

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. glare, blaze, brilliance(noun)

   a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted

   "a glare of sunlight"

2. glare, glower(noun)

   an angry stare

3. limelight, spotlight, glare, public eye(verb)

   a focus of public attention

   "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency"

4. glower, glare(verb)

   look at with a fixed gaze

   "The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her"

5. glare(verb)

   be sharply reflected

   "The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface"

6. glare(verb)

   shine intensely

   "The sun glared down on us"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. glare(Noun)

   An intense, blinding light.

2. glare(Noun)

   Showy brilliance; gaudiness.

3. glare(Noun)

   An angry or fierce stare.

4. glare(Noun)

   A call collision; when an incoming call occurs at the same time of an outgoing call.

5. glare(Verb)

   To stare angrily.

   He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.

6. glare(Verb)

   To shine brightly.

   The sun glared down on the desert sand.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Glare(verb)

   to shine with a bright, dazzling light

2. Glare(verb)

   to look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely

3. Glare(verb)

   to be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay

4. Glare(verb)

   to shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light

5. Glare(noun)

   a bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light

6. Glare(noun)

   a fierce, piercing look or stare

7. Glare(noun)

   a viscous, transparent substance. See Glair

8. Glare(noun)

   a smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice

9. Glare(noun)

   smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice

Origin: [See Glary, and Glare, n.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. GLARE

   GLARE is a "Glass Laminate Aluminium Reinforced Epoxy" FML, composed of several very thin layers of metal interspersed with layers of glass-fibre "pre-preg", bonded together with a matrix such as epoxy. The uni-directional pre-preg layers may be aligned in different directions to suit the predicted stress conditions. Although GLARE is a composite material, its material properties and fabrication are very similar to bulk aluminum metal sheets. It has far less in common with composite structures when it comes to design, manufacture, inspection or maintenance. GLARE parts are constructed and repaired using mostly conventional metal material techniques. Its major advantages over conventional aluminium are: ⁕Better "damage tolerance" behaviour ⁕Better corrosion resistance ⁕Better fire resistance ⁕Lower specific weight Furthermore, it is possible to "tailor" the material during design and manufacture such that the number, type and alignment of layers can suit the local stresses and shapes throughout the aircraft. This allows the production of double-curved sections, complex integrated panels or very large sheets, for example.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Glare

   glār, n. a clear, dazzling light: overpowering lustre: a piercing look.—v.i. to shine with a clear, dazzling light: to be ostentatiously splendid: to look with piercing eyes.—adj. Glar′ing, bright and dazzling: barefaced: notorious.—adv. Glar′ingly.—n. Glar′ingness. [Perh. from A.S. glær, a pellucid substance, amber.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Glare

   Relatively bright light, or the dazzling sensation of relatively bright light, which produces unpleasantness or discomfort, or which interferes with optimal VISION, OCULAR. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'glare' in Verbs Frequency: #1070

Anagrams for glare »

1. large

2. lager

3. Alger

4. regal

5. Elgar

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of glare in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of glare in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of glare in a Sentence

1. James Thurber:

   There are two kinds of light -- the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.

2. James Thurber:

   There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

3. Thomas Ullmann:

   Jurors are looking the entire time, some glare and stare at the defendant the entire trial.

4. Anuj Somany:

   The sensibility of a celebrity is keep own child away from media glare and all sort of own public activity.

5. Anuj Somany:

   The sensibility of a celebrity is to keep own child away from the media glare and all sort of own public activity.

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