GLARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glare mean? 

• GLARE (noun)
  The noun GLARE has 3 senses:

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

2. an angry stare

3. a focus of public attention

  Familiarity information: GLARE used as a noun is uncommon.

• GLARE (verb)
  The verb GLARE has 3 senses:

1. look at with a fixed gaze

2. be sharply reflected

3. shine intensely

  Familiarity information: GLARE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLARE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

blaze; brilliance; glare

Context example:

a glare of sunlight

Hypernyms ("glare" is a kind of...):

brightness (the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white)

Derivation:

glare (shine intensely)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An angry stare

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

glare; glower

Hypernyms ("glare" is a kind of...):

stare (a fixed look with eyes open wide)

Derivation:

glare (look at with a fixed gaze)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A focus of public attention

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

glare; limelight; public eye; spotlight

Context example:

when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency

Hypernyms ("glare" is a kind of...):

prominence (the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent)

• GLARE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they glare    ... he / she / it glares   
Past simple: glared   
Past participle: glared   
-ing form: glaring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Look at with a fixed gaze

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

glare; glower

Context example:

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

Hypernyms (to "glare" is one way to...):

stare (fixate one's eyes)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

The ropes glare

Derivation:

glare (an angry stare)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be sharply reflected

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Context example:

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

Hypernyms (to "glare" is one way to...):

reflect; shine (be bright by reflecting or casting light)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Shine intensely

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Context example:

The sun glared down on us

Hypernyms (to "glare" is one way to...):

beam; shine (emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "glare"):

beat (glare or strike with great intensity)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

He went about the deck like a tiger cub, glaring his hatred openly at Wolf Larsen and Johansen.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He was always well dressed, very neat and plain, but his eyes were weak, just as mine are, and he wore tinted glasses against the glare.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

So intent was he that he raised his eyes neither to knight nor squires, but kept them ever fixed with a savage glare upon his comrade.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Each moment I expected to see the glare of lamps through the blackness; but all was dark.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The other glared at him in sudden wrath.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Now, I'm not a going to stand it, you know!” said the milkman, still throwing his voice into the house, and glaring down the passage.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The fierce old man said nothing, but still glared at my companion.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

An instant later it was hurriedly replaced, and I caught a glimpse of a dark, beautiful, horrified face glaring at the narrow opening of the box-room.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

New glasses, brighter lighting, anti-glare sunglasses or magnifying lenses can help at first.

(Cataract, NIH: National Eye Institute)

The red glare of the torch, lighting up the interior of the block house, showed me the worst of my apprehensions realized.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)