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s | glare |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun glare is

(uncountable) an intense, blinding light.

As a verb glare is

to stare angrily.

As an adjective glare is

(us|of ice) smooth and bright or translucent; glary.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

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    glare

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) An intense, blinding light.
  • * Dryden
    • the frame of burnished steel that cast a glare
  • Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
  • An angry or fierce stare.
  • * Milton
    • About them round, / A lion now he stalks with fiery glare .
  • (telephony) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
  • (US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
    • a glare of ice
  • A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

    • Verb

    (glar)
  • To stare angrily.
    • He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.
  • * Byron
    • an eye that scorcheth all it glares upon
  • To shine brightly.
    • The sun glared down on the desert sand.
  • * Dryden
    • The cavern glares with new-admitted light.
  • To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
  • To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
  • * Milton
    • Every eye glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.

    Derived terms

    * aglare * glaringly * glare filter

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (US, of ice) smooth and bright or translucent; glary
    • skating on glare ice

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