[ɡlɛː], (Verb)

Definitions:
- stare in an angry or fierce way
(e.g: she glared at him, her cheeks flushing)

- (of the sun or an electric light) shine with a strong or dazzling light
(e.g: the sun glared out of a clear blue sky)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘shine strongly’): from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German glaren ‘to gleam, glare’: perhaps related to glass. The sense ‘stare’ occurred first in the adjective glaring(late Middle English)

[ɡlɛː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a fierce or angry stare
(e.g: she gave Harley a glare of contempt)

- strong and dazzling light
(e.g: Murray narrowed his eyes against the glare of the sun)

- dazzling or showy appearance
(e.g: the pomp and glare of rhetoric)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘shine strongly’): from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German glaren ‘to gleam, glare’: perhaps related to glass. The sense ‘stare’ occurred first in the adjective glaring(late Middle English)