Glare1. (v. i.) To shine with a bright, dazzling light.
2. (v. i.) To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.
3. (v. i.) To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.
4. (v. t.) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
5. (n.) A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.
6. (n.) A fierce, piercing look or stare.
7. (n.) A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.
8. (n.) A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice.
9. (n.) Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice.
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