different between blare vs ablare

English

Etymology

From Middle English bleren, from Middle Dutch bleren (“to bleat, cry, bawl, shout”) (Dutch blèren). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?- (“to bleat, cry”). Compare Dutch blaren.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Homophones: blair, Blair

Noun

blare (countable and uncountable, plural blares)

1. A loud sound.

   I can hardly hear you over the blare of the radio.
2. Dazzling, often garish, brilliance.

Translations

Verb

blare (third-person singular simple present blares, present participle blaring, simple past and past participle blared)

1. (intransitive) To make a loud sound.

   The trumpet blaring in my ears gave me a headache.
2. (transitive) To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim loudly.
   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine

     to blare its own interpretation

   • 2014, Nick Arnold, Horrible Science: Body Owner's Handbook (page 159)

     Police helicopters blared loudspeaker warnings about the smelly man.

Translations

Anagrams

• Alber, Baler, Laber, Rabel, abler, baler, belar, blear

Afrikaans

Noun

blare

1. plural of blaar

Dalmatian

Verb

blare

1. Alternative form of vular

Dutch

Verb

blare

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of blaren

English

Etymology

a- (“in such a manner”) +? blare (“blaring”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??bl??/

Adjective

ablare (comparative more ablare, superlative most ablare)

1. Blaring.
   • 1916, Charles Wharton Stork, “Sea Song” in Sea and Bay: A Poem of New England, New York: John Lane, p. 71,^[1]

     He’ll dock with flags a-flutter, bands a-blare.

   • 1959, “Charge!”, Time, 3 August, 1959,^[2]

     Market Street intersections were ablare with car radios tuned to “the game.”

   • 1998, Sam Dillon, “Early Bird Begins Mexico’s 2000 Presidential Race,” New York Times, 11 May, 1998,^[3]

     The tropical night air on Saturday is ablare with the oompahs of a brass band, street lights abuzz with bugs, and thousands of Maya Indian farmers are jammed into a colonial plaza waiting for Vicente Fox Quesada.

References

Anagrams

• Arbela, Barela, arable