glare

noun

1. (uncountable)An intense, blinding light.

   “the frame of burnished steel that cast a glare”

2. (countable, uncountable)Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
3. (countable, uncountable)An angry or fierce stare.

   “About them round, / A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.”

4. (countable, uncountable)A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
5. (US, countable, uncountable)A smooth, bright, glassy surface.

   “a glare of ice”

6. (countable, uncountable)A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

verb

1. (intransitive)To stare angrily.

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

   “eye that scorcheth all it glares upon”

   “Thor glared at him with hard coal-black eyes[.]”

2. (intransitive)To shine brightly.

   “The sun glared down on the desert sand.”

   “The cavern glares with new-admitted light.”

3. (intransitive)To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.

   “18th century, Alexander Pope, Epistle V to Miss Blount She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.”

4. (transitive)To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

   “Every eye glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.”

adj

1. (US)smooth and bright or translucent; glary

   “skating on glare ice”