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GLARE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An angry stare

Synonyms:

glare; glower

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

stare (a fixed look with eyes open wide)

Derivation:

glare (look at with a fixed gaze)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Example:

a glare of sunlight

Synonyms:

blaze; brilliance; glare

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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 3

Meaning:

A focus of public attention

Example:

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

Synonyms:

glare; limelight; public eye; spotlight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Look at with a fixed gaze

Example:

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

Synonyms:

glare; glower

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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:

Shine intensely

Example:

The sun glared down on us

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

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)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be sharply reflected

Example:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

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

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

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Credits

 Context examples: 

Special filters can be used to absorb this polarized light, which is how polarized sunglasses eliminate glare.

(Planck Takes Magnetic Fingerprint of Our Galaxy, JPL/NASA)

He was soaked with sleep, and perforce he must now stay awake and endure the white glare of life.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"Well, yes, but isn't it rather warm for such a long walk?" he answered slowly, for the shaded salon looked inviting after the glare without.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He glared at me as the present representative of the beast.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The bright yellow glare from a stable lantern cut a ring suddenly from the darkness, and an ostler came lounging out of the yard.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Rochester turned and glared at him.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The door, however, proved not to be locked, and they were all agreed in turning joyfully through it, and leaving the unmitigated glare of day behind.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Baker Street was like an oven, and the glare of the sunlight upon the yellow brickwork of the house across the road was painful to the eye.

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

Testing the optical properties of a device such as diopter, glare, and irradiance or glistening.

(Device Light Source Performance Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

The older a person grows, Harriet, the more important it is that their manners should not be bad; the more glaring and disgusting any loudness, or coarseness, or awkwardness becomes.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)