Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blare"
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) 1.7 (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}]
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