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BLARE
blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din
(noun) a loud harsh or strident noise
blast, blare
(verb) make a strident sound; “She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone”
honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot
(verb) make a loud noise; “The horns of the taxis blared”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
blare (countable and uncountable, plural blares)
A loud sound.
Dazzling, often garish, brilliance.
Verb
blare (third-person singular simple present blares, present participle blaring, simple past and past participle blared)
(intransitive) To make a loud sound.
(transitive) To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim loudly.
Anagrams
• Alber, Baler, Laber, Rabel, abler, baler, belar, blear
Source: Wiktionary
Blare, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blared; p. pr. & vb. n. Blaring.] Etym: [OE. blaren, bloren, to cry, woop; cf. G. plärren to bleat, D. blaren to bleat, cry, weep. Prob. an imitative word, but cf. also E. blast. Cf. Blore.]
Definition: To sound loudly and somewhat harshly. "The trumpet blared." Tennyson.
Blare, v. t.
Definition: To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim loudly. To blare its own interpretation. Tennyson.
Blare, n.
Definition: The harsh noise of a trumpet; a loud and somewhat harsh noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing. With blare of bugle, clamor of men. Tennyson. His ears are stunned with the thunder's blare. J. R. Drake.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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