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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024blare /blɛr/USA pronunciation v., blared, blar•ing, n. v. - to emit a loud, unpleasant sound: [no object]No one could sleep with his radio blaring all night.[~ + object]Her radio was blaring rock music.
n. [countable* singular] - a loud, unpleasant noise;
clamor:the blare of the trombones right in front of the microphone.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024blare (blâr),USA pronunciation v., blared, blar•ing, n. v.i. - to emit a loud, raucous sound:The trumpets blared as the procession got under way.
v.t. - to sound loudly;
proclaim noisily:We sat there horrified as the radio blared the awful news. n. - a loud, raucous noise:The blare of the band made conversation impossible.
- glaring intensity of light or color:A blare of sunlight flooded the room as she opened the shutters.
- fanfare;
flourish; ostentation; flamboyance:a new breakfast cereal proclaimed with all the blare of a Hollywood spectacle. - Dialect Terms[Eastern New Eng.]the bawl of a calf.
- 1400–50; late Middle English bleren; akin to Middle Dutch blaren, Middle Low German blarren, Middle High German blerren (German plärren)
- 1, 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged blast, bellow, roar, clang, clamor; screech, honk.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: blare /blɛə/ vb - to sound loudly and harshly
- to proclaim loudly and sensationally
n - a loud and usually harsh or grating noise
Etymology: 14th Century: from Middle Dutch bleren; of imitative origin |