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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BLARE, v.i. [L. ploro, to dry out, to bawl, to weep.]
1. To roar; to bellow. [Little used.]
2. To sweal or melt away, as a candle.
This is, I believe, usually called flare.
BLARE, n. Roar; noise. [Little used.]
And sign for battle's blare.
1. A small copper coin of Bern, nearly of the same value as the ratz.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a loud harsh or strident noise [syn: blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din] v
1: make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone" [syn: blast, blare]
2: make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared" [syn: honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (blared; blaring) Etymology: Middle English bleren; akin to Middle Dutch bl?ren to shout Date: 15th century intransitive verb to sound loud and strident <radios blaring> transitive verb 1. to sound or utter raucously <sat blaring the car horn> 2. to proclaim flamboyantly <headlines blared his defeat> II. noun Date: 1795 1. a loud strident noise 2. dazzling often garish brilliance 3. flamboyance

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 tr. & intr. sound or utter loudly. 2 intr. make the sound of a trumpet. --n. a loud sound resembling that of a trumpet. Etymology: ME f. MDu. blaren, bleren, imit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Blare Blare, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blared; p. pr. & vb. n. Blaring.] [OE. blaren, bloren, to cry, woop; cf. G. pl["a]rren to bleat, D. blaren to bleat, cry, weep. Prob. an imitative word, but cf. also E. blast. Cf. Blore.] To sound loudly and somewhat harshly. ``The trumpet blared.'' --Tennyson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Blare Blare, v. t. To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim loudly. To blare its own interpretation. --Tennyson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(blares, blaring, blared) If something such as a siren or radio blares or if you blare it, it makes a loud, unpleasant noise. The fire engines were just pulling up, sirens blaring... I blared my horn. VERB: V, V n • Blare is also a noun. ...the blare of a radio through a thin wall. N-SING: N of n • Blare out means the same as blare. Music blares out from every cafe. ...giant loudspeakers which blare out patriotic music and the speeches of their leader. PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P n (not pron), also V n P

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Blast, peal, clang, clangor. II. v. n. Blow, peal, sound loudly. III. v. a. Sound forth, blazon, proclaim, trumpet.

Moby Thesaurus

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