blare

[ blair ]
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verb (used without object),blared, blar·ing.
  1. to emit a loud, raucous sound: The trumpets blared as the procession got under way.

verb (used with object),blared, blar·ing.
  1. to sound loudly; proclaim noisily: We sat there horrified as the radio blared the awful news.

noun
  1. a loud, raucous noise: The blare of the band made conversation impossible.

  2. glaring intensity of light or color: A blare of sunlight flooded the room as she opened the shutters.

  1. fanfare; flourish; ostentation; flamboyance: a new breakfast cereal proclaimed with all the blare of a Hollywood spectacle.

  2. Eastern New England. the bawl of a calf.

Origin of blare

1
1400–50; late Middle English bleren; akin to Middle Dutch blaren,Middle Low German blarren,Middle High German blerren (German plärren)

Other words for blare

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How to use blare in a sentence

  • Then the band blared out into a waltz and the crowd drew away from the centre of the floor.

  • "Jack Kilmeny will ride Teddy Roosevelt," blared the megaphone man.

    The Highgrader | William MacLeod Raine
  • The love songs stopped abruptly; after a momentary silence, a trumpet, considerably amplified, blared; the "Ducal Salute."

    Space Viking | Henry Beam Piper
  • The College band roared, boomed and blared then settled down to, “Hail to Hillcrest!”

    Red Dynamite | Roy J. Snell
  • But or ever he might smite, the great horn blared out over the tumult, and men forbore a while and fell somewhat silent.

British Dictionary definitions for blare

blare

/ (blɛə) /


verb
  1. to sound loudly and harshly

  2. to proclaim loudly and sensationally

noun
  1. a loud and usually harsh or grating noise

Origin of blare

1
C14: from Middle Dutch bleren; of imitative origin

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