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# glare

verb (glare, glares, glared, glaring); noun (a glare; glare)

«glare» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (verb) To look at someone in an angry way for a while. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glare/#m1)
2. (noun) An angry look. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glare/#m2)
3. (noun) A strong, bright light that hurts the eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glare/#m3)
4. (verb) To shine with a very strong light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glare/#m4)

### In the lessons

In stories: «The teacher glared at the noisy class» shows anger without words. In science and safety: glare from the Sun or snow can hurt your eyes; sunglasses reduce glare. Phrase: «in the glare of publicity» = with everyone watching.

### Examples

- The teacher glared at the boys who were talking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glare/#x1)
- She gave him an angry glare. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glare/#x2)
- The glare from the snow made me squint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glare/#x3)
- Sunglasses cut down the glare. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glare/#x4)
- The sun glared down on the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glare/#x5)
- He glared at his brother across the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glare/#x6)
- Headlight glare can dazzle drivers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glare/#x7)
- He now began to glare at the others very savagely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glare/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb: glared. Adjective: glaring (very obvious: «a glaring mistake»). Glare (angry stare) is stronger than stare. Safety: never look straight at the Sun.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «glare» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glare/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«glare» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/glare.html) on Mova free.