glare

/ɡlɛə//ɡlɛəɹ/

noun

  1. 1

    An intense, blinding light.

  2. 2

    Showy brilliance; gaudiness.

  3. 3

    An angry or fierce stare.

  4. 4

    A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.

  5. 5

    A smooth, bright, glassy surface.

    “a glare of ice”
  6. 6

    A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

verb

  1. 1

    To stare angrily.

    “He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.”
  2. 2

    To shine brightly.

    “The sun glared down on the desert sand.”
  3. 3

    To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.

  4. 4

    To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

adjective

  1. 1

    (of ice) smooth and bright or translucent; glary

    “skating on glare ice”

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