Definition of "glare" in English

noun

1. (uncountable) An intense, blinding light.

2. Showy brilliance; gaudiness.

3. An angry or fierce stare.

4. (telephony) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.

5. (US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.

   • a glare of ice

6. A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

verb

1. (intransitive) To stare angrily.

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

2. (intransitive) To shine brightly.

   • The sun glared down on the desert sand.

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

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

adjective

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

   • skating on glare ice