Definitions for glare
glɛərglare

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. glare, blaze, brilliancenoun

   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, glowernoun

   an angry stare

3. limelight, spotlight, glare, public eyeverb

   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, glareverb

   look at with a fixed gaze

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

5. glareverb

   be sharply reflected

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

6. glareverb

   shine intensely

   "The sun glared down on us"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. glarenoun

   An intense, blinding light.

2. glarenoun

   Showy brilliance; gaudiness.

3. glarenoun

   An angry or fierce stare.

4. glarenoun

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

5. glareverb

   To stare angrily.

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

6. glareverb

   To shine brightly.

   The sun glared down on the desert sand.

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

1. Glareverb

   to shine with a bright, dazzling light

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

2. Glareverb

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

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

3. Glareverb

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

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

4. Glareverb

   to shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light

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

5. Glarenoun

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

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

6. Glarenoun

   a fierce, piercing look or stare

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

7. Glarenoun

   a viscous, transparent substance. See Glair

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

8. Glarenoun

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

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

9. Glarenoun

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

   Etymology: [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)

Matched Categories

1. • Brightness
   • Reflect
   • Shine
   • Stare

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

How to pronounce glare?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Nisar Ali Khan:

   Maybe that will provide us with the opportunity for ... our leadership to sit together informally and work out solutions to the problem that have been afflicting this region ...Discussions which might not be possible in the glare of media publicity, heart-to-heart discussions.

2. James Thurber:

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

3. Game of Thrones, Season 6:

   Tyrion Lannister: Last time we saw each other was at Winterfell, yes? You were making jokes about my height, I seem to recall. Everyone who makes a joke about a dwarf's height thinks he's the only person ever to make a joke about a dwarf's height. A height of nobility. A man of your stature. Someone to look up to. You're all making the same five or six jokes.Theon Greyjoy: It was a long time ago.Tyrion Lannister: It was. And how have things been going for you since then? Not so well I gather. Can't imagine you would have murdered the Stark boys if things had been going well.Theon Greyjoy: I didn't murder the Stark boys. But I did things that were just as bad, or worse.Yara Grejoy: And he paid for them.Tyrion Lannister: Doesn't seem like it. He's still alive. It was complicated for you I'm sure, growing up at Winterfell. Never quite knowing who you were. But then, we all live complicated lives, don't we?Daenerys Targaryen: You've brought us a hundred ships from the Iron fleet, with men to sail them. In return I expect you want me to support your claim to the throne of the Iron Islands?Theon Grejoy: Not my claim. [nods his head to Yara] Hers.Daenerys Targaryen: What's wrong with you?Theon Greyjoy: I'm not fit to rule.Tyrion Lannister: We can agree upon that at least.Daenerys Targaryen: Has the Iron Islands ever had a queen before?Yara Grejoy: No more than Westeros.Theon Grejoy: Our uncle Euron returned home after a long absence. He murdered our father, and took the Salt Throne from Yara. He would have murdered us if we'd stayed.Daenerys Targaryen: Lord Tyrion tells me your father was a terrible king.Yara Grejoy: You and I have that in common.Daenerys Targaryen: [after a short pause] We do. And both murdered by a usurper aswell. [turns to Tyrion] Will their ships be enough?Tyrion Lannister: With the former masters' fleet, possibly. Barely. [glares down at Theon] There are more than a hundred ships in the Iron fleet- Theon Grejoy: There are. And Euron's building more. [to Daenerys] He's going to offer them to you.Daenerys Targaryen: So why shouldn't I wait for him?Theon Greyjoy: The Iron fleet isn't all he's bringing. He also wants to give you-..Yara Grejoy: [scornfully] His big cock, I think he said. [Daenerys raises her eyebrows disapprovingly, smirking at Tyrion] Euron's offer is also an offer of marriage, you see.. You won't get one without the other.Daenerys Targaryen: And I imagine your offer is free of any marriage demands.Yara Grejoy: [softly] I never demand but I'm up for anything really.[Daenerys gazes at Yara with a smile]Theon Grejoy: He murdered our father and would have murdered us. He'll murder you as soon as you have what he wants.Tyrion Lannister: The seven kingdoms?Theon Grejoy: All of them.Daenerys Targaryen: And you don't want the seven kingdoms?Theon Grejoy: Your ancestors defeated ours, and took the Iron Islands. We ask you to give them back.Daenerys Targaryen: And that's all?Yara Grejoy: We'd like you to help us murder an uncle or two who think a woman's not fit to rule.Daenerys Targaryen: [with a smirk] Reasonable.Tyrion Lannister: [to Daenerys] What if everyone starts demanding their independence?Daenerys Targaryen: She's not demanding, she's asking. The others are free to ask aswell. [turns her head back to Theon and Yara] Our fathers were evil men. All of us here. They left the world worse than they found it. We're not going to do that. We're going to leave the world better than we found it. [stands up and begins walking down the stairs towards Theon and Yara while she speaks] You will support my claim as the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, and respect the integrity of the Seven Kingdoms. No more reaving, roving, raiding, or raping.Yara Greyjoy: [with a glare] That's our way of life.Daenerys Targaryen: No more.[Daenerys stares at Yara coldly, Yara turns her head to Theon who then nods at her in consent]Yara Grejoy: No more.[Yara lifts her arm up towards Daenerys. Daenerys, indecisively, looks over her shoulder at Tyrion who then signals her to accept Yara's arm-shake. After a brief hesitation, Daenerys puts a grasp around Yara's arm, shaking her arm]

4. Anuj Somany:

   A person who burns from inside like the sun or a lamp can be a guiding light into others life and its luminous flux decides as how much a preacher’s life is right; and the people who can’t or don’t, seem bright only to those who have mere eyesight without a vision inside but just a minuscule glare.

5. James Thurber:

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

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