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BLARE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A loud harsh or strident noise
Synonyms:
blare; blaring; cacophony; clamor; din
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("blare" is a kind of...):
noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))
Derivation:
blare (make a strident sound)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they blare ... he / she / it blares
Past simple: blared
Past participle: blared
-ing form: blaring
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a strident sound
Example:
She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone
Synonyms:
blare; blast
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "blare" is one way to...):
make noise; noise; resound (emit a noise)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
blare (a loud harsh or strident noise)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make a loud noise
Example:
The horns of the taxis blared
Synonyms:
beep; blare; claxon; honk; toot
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "blare" is one way to...):
go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blare"):
tootle (play (a musical instrument) casually)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence examples:
Cars blare in the streets
The streets blare with cars
