FromMiddle Englishglaren, fromOld English*glærian, fromProto-West Germanic*glarōn. Cognate with dialectalMiddle Dutchglariën(“to glisten; sparkle”),Low Germanglaren(“to shine brightly; glow; burn”),Middle High Germanglaren(“to shine brightly”). Related toglower,glass.
glare (countable anduncountable,pluralglares)
- (uncountable) Anintense,blindinglight.
- Showybrilliance;gaudiness.
- Anangry orfiercestare.
1667,John Milton, “Book IV”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:About them round, / A lion now he stalks with fieryglare.
- (telephony) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
- (US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
aglare of ice
- A viscous, transparent substance;glair.
light
- Bulgarian:блясък (bg) m(bljasǎk)
- Catalan:brillantor (ca) f,esclat (ca) m,ressol (ca) m(of the sun)
- Czech:záře (cs) f
- Danish:blændendelys
- Finnish:häikäisevävalo
- French:éclat (fr)
- Galician:lampexo (gl) m,relostro m,luzada f,lampo (gl) m,fogaxe f,fachada (gl) f
- German:Blendung (de) f
- Irish:dallrú m
- Italian:bagliore (it) m,lampo (it) m
- Manx:ard-sollys m
- Māori:kōnakonako
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål:gjenskinn n
- Nynorsk:gjenskin n
- Polish:blask (pl) m
- Portuguese:clarão (pt) m
- Spanish:deslumbramiento (es) m,deslumbre (es) m
- Volapük:tulit
- Welsh:llewyrch m,llewych m
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glare (third-person singular simple presentglares,present participleglaring,simple past and past participleglared)
- (intransitive) Tostare angrily.
He walked in late, with the teacherglaring at him the whole time.
1812,Lord Byron, “Canto I”, inChilde Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […];William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; byThomas Davison, […],→OCLC, stanza XXXIX:eye that scorcheth all itglares upon
1982,Douglas Adams,Life, the Universe and Everything, page110:Thorglared at him with hard coal-black eyes[.]
- (intransitive) Toshine brightly.
The sunglared down on the desert sand.
1697,Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, inJohn Dryden, transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […],→OCLC:The cavernglares with new-admitted light.
- (intransitive) To be bright and intense, orostentatiously splendid.
- 18th century,Alexander Pope,Epistle V to Miss Blount
Sheglares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
- (transitive) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
1667,John Milton, “Book VI”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:Every eyeglared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.
to be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid
to shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light
glare (comparativemoreglare,superlativemostglare)
- (US, of ice)smooth andbright ortranslucent;glary
- skating onglare ice
FromOld Irishglór.
glare f (genitive singularglare,pluralglaraghyn)
- speech
- language,parlance
- utterance
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
