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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Blare \Blare\, v. t.
     To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim
     loudly.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           To blare its own interpretation.         --Tennyson.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           With blare of bugle, clamor of men.      --Tennyson.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           His ears are stunned with the thunder's blare. --J. R.
                                                    Drake.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


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

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  blare
     Dalmatian vb.
     (alternative form of dlm vular)
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl blaren  s pres sub)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  blare
     n.
     1 A loud#Adjective sound#Noun.
     2 (lb en figuratively) Of colour#Noun, light#Noun, or some other
  quality#Noun: dazzling#Adjective, often garish, brilliance.
     3 (lb en obsolete except Britain dialectal) A lengthy sound, as of a
  person#Noun cry#Verb or an animal bellow#Verb or roar#Verb.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive)
     2 # ''Often followed by'' '''out#Preposition''': of a device such as
  a loudspeaker or a radio#Noun: to produce#Verb (music, a sound#Noun,
  etc.) loudly and piercingly.
     3 # (lb en figuratively) To express#Verb (ideas, word#Noun, etc.)
  loudly; to proclaim.
     4 (lb en intransitive)
     5 # To make#Verb a loud sound, especially like a trumpet#Noun.
     6 # (lb en archaic except Britain dialectal) To make a lengthy sound,
  as of a person cry#Verb or an animal bellow#Verb or roar#Verb.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  blare
     n.
     1 A loud#Adjective sound#Noun.
     2 (lb en figuratively) Of colour#Noun, light#Noun, or some other
  quality#Noun: dazzling#Adjective, often garish, brilliance.
     3 (lb en obsolete except Britain dialectal) A lengthy sound, as of a
  person#Noun cry#Verb or an animal bellow#Verb or roar#Verb.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive)
     2 # ''Often followed by'' '''out#Preposition''': of a device such as
  a loudspeaker or a radio#Noun: to produce#Verb (music, a sound#Noun,
  etc.) loudly and piercingly.
     3 # (lb en figuratively) To express#Verb (ideas, word#Noun, etc.)
  loudly; to proclaim.
     4 (lb en intransitive)
     5 # To make#Verb a loud sound, especially like a trumpet#Noun.
     6 # (lb en archaic except Britain dialectal) To make a lengthy sound,
  as of a person cry#Verb or an animal bellow#Verb or roar#Verb.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  blare
     n.
     1 A loud#Adjective sound#Noun.
     2 (lb en figuratively) Of colour#Noun, light#Noun, or some other
  quality#Noun: dazzling#Adjective, often garish, brilliance.
     3 (lb en obsolete except Britain dialectal) A lengthy sound, as of a
  person#Noun cry#Verb or an animal bellow#Verb or roar#Verb.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive)
     2 # ''Often followed by'' '''out#Preposition''': of a device such as
  a loudspeaker or a radio#Noun: to produce#Verb (music, a sound#Noun,
  etc.) loudly and piercingly.
     3 # (lb en figuratively) To express#Verb (ideas, word#Noun, etc.)
  loudly; to proclaim.
     4 (lb en intransitive)
     5 # To make#Verb a loud sound, especially like a trumpet#Noun.
     6 # (lb en archaic except Britain dialectal) To make a lengthy sound,
  as of a person cry#Verb or an animal bellow#Verb or roar#Verb.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  blare
     Englanti n.
     jysähdys

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Blare /blˈeə/
  الضّجيج

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  blare //blɛɚ// 
  тръбене, трясък, шумно свирене
  a loud sound

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  blare //blɛɚ// 
  тръбя
  to make a loud sound

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  blare /blˈeə/ 
  vřískat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  blare /blˈeə/
  řvát

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  blare /blˈeə/ 
  hluk