blare

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /blɛə/
• (US) Template:IPA/blɛ(ə)r/
• (AU) IPA ^(key): /bleː/

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Noun

Singular blare

Plural blares

1. (countable) A blare is a loud sound.

   I can hardly hear you over the blare of the radio.

Verb

Plain form blare

Third-person singular blares

Past tense blared

Past participle blared

Present participle blaring

1. (transitive) If you blare, you make or cause a loud sound.

   Police helicopters blared loudspeaker warnings about the armed man.

   The trumpet blaring in my ears gave me a headache.