glare
pronunciation
How to pronounce glare in British English:
UK [ɡleə(r)]
How to pronounce glare in American English:
US [ɡler]
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- Noun:
- great brightness
- an angry stare
- a focus of public attention
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- Verb:
- look at with a fixed gaze
- be sharply reflected
- shine intensely
Word Origin
- glare
- glare: see glass
- glare (v.)
- late 13c., "to shine brightly," from or related to Middle Dutch, Middle Low German glaren "to gleam," from Proto-Germanic *glaz-; the whole group represents a rhoticization of the root of glass (n.). Sense of "stare fiercely" is from late 14c. Related: Glared; glaring.
- glare (n.)
- c. 1400, "bright light, dazzling glitter," from glare (v.); especially in reference to light reflected off some surface (17c.). From 1660s in sense of "fierce look." Old English glær (n.) meant "amber."
Example
- 1. Captured in colorful telescopic portraits , two cosmic owls glare back toward planet earth in this intriguing comparison of planetary nebulae .
- 2. Glare on walls and finished surfaces , as well as reflections on your computer screen also can cause computer eye strain .
- 3. There are sensory accommodations like noise-cancelling headphones , movement tools like fidgets , ball seats , and mini trampolines , and tinted glasses to reduce glare .
- 4. Having lighting that does not produce glare on the screen
- 5. A blue sheet had been hung behind rosenberg to deflect glare and there was a dull hum in the background perhaps from cars on a nearby street .