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blare
[blair] 
verb, blared, blar⋅ing, noun –verb (used without object)
| 1. | to emit a loud, raucous sound: The trumpets blared as the procession got under way. |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to sound loudly; proclaim noisily: We sat there horrified as the radio blared the awful news. |
–noun
| 3. | a loud, raucous noise: The blare of the band made conversation impossible. |
| 4. | glaring intensity of light or color: A blare of sunlight flooded the room as she opened the shutters. |
| 5. | fanfare; flourish; ostentation; flamboyance: a new breakfast cereal proclaimed with all the blare of a Hollywood spectacle. |
| 6. | Eastern New England. the bawl of a calf. |
Origin:
1400–50; late ME bleren; akin to MD blaren, MLG blarren, MHG blerren (G plärren)
1400–50; late ME bleren; akin to MD blaren, MLG blarren, MHG blerren (G plärren)
Synonyms:
1, 3. blast, bellow, roar, clang, clamor; screech, honk.
1, 3. blast, bellow, roar, clang, clamor; screech, honk.
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| blare (blâr) v. blared, blar·ing, blares v. intr. To sound loudly and stridently: a stereo blaring in the next apartment. v. tr.
[Middle English bleren.] |
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Blare
Blare\, v. t. To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim loudly. To blare its own interpretation. --Tennyson.Blare
Blare\, n. 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.
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Language Translation for : blare
Spanish:
sonar muy fuerte, bramar, berrear,
German:
schmettern,
Japanese:
鳴り響く
blare
c.1390, bleren "to wail," possibly from an unrecorded O.E. *blæren, or from M.Du. bleren "to bleat, cry, bawl, shout." Probably echoic, either way.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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