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glares

glares is the plural of glare.

Meaning of glare

Noun

glare (countable and uncountable, plural glares)

  1. (uncountable) An intense, blinding light.
    • the frame of burnished steel that cast a glare1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
  2. Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
  3. An angry or fierce stare.
    • About them round, / A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  4. 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.

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Phrases with glares

Words that rhyme with glares

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Questions about glares

What is glares the plural of?
Glares is the plural of glare.

Words near glares in the dictionary

  1. glareless
  2. glareolid
  3. glareolids
  4. glareous
  5. glareproof
  6. glares
  7. glares daggers
  8. glaresid
  9. glaresids
  10. glarest
  11. glareth

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