Sekirov Dictionary

blare

UK /blɛə/US /blɛ(ə)ɹ/

verb 4
noun 3
forms 3
phrases 1

verb4

To play (a radio, recorded music, etc.) at extremely loud volume levels.
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To make a loud sound, especially like a trumpet.
- The trumpet blaring in my ears gave me a headache.
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(dialect) To make a lengthy sound, as of a person crying or an animal bellowing or roaring.
- And the kyne wente straight waye vnto Beth Semes vpon one streete, and wente on blearynge, and turned nether to the righte hande ner to the lefte. — 1535
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(figurative) To express (ideas, words, etc.) loudly; to proclaim.
- [T]he world, the world, / All ear and eye, with such a stupid heart / To interpret ear and eye, and such a tongue / To blare its own interpretation— […] — 1859

noun3

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A loud sound.
- I can hardly hear you over the blare of the radio.
(dialect) A lengthy sound, as of a person crying or an animal bellowing or roaring.
(figurative) Of colour, light, or some other quality: dazzling, often garish, brilliance.

forms

blared · blaring · blares

Phrases with blare

blare out
to be produced loudly

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