Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Glare \Glare\ (gl[^a]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glared}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Glaring}.] [OE. glaren, gloren; cf. AS. gl[ae]r
   amber, LG. glaren to glow or burn like coals, D. gloren to
   glimmer; prob. akin to E. glass.]
   1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light.

            The cavern glares with new-admitted light. --Dryden.

   2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly,
      angrily, or fiercely.

            And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. --Byron.

   3. To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be
      ostentatiously splendid or gay.

            She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
                                                  --Pope.

Glare \Glare\, v. t.
   To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

         Every eye Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious
         fire.                                    --Milton.

Glare \Glare\, n.
   1. A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes;
      a confusing and bewildering light.

            The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare.
                                                  --Dryden.

   2. A fierce, piercing look or stare.

            About them round, A lion now he stalks with fiery
            glare.                                --Milton.

   3. A viscous, transparent substance. See {Glair}.

   4. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [U.
      S. ]

Glare \Glare\, a. [See {Glary}, and {Glare}, n.]
   Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively
   of ice; as, skating on glare ice. [U. S.]

Source : WordNet®

glare
     n 1: great brightness; "a glare of sunlight"; "the flowers were a
          blaze of color" [syn: {blaze}, {brilliance}]
     2: an angry stare [syn: {glower}]
     3: a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the
        limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full
        glare of publicity to the agency" [syn: {limelight}, {spotlight},
         {public eye}]

glare
     v 1: look at with a fixed gaze; "The girl glared at the man who
          tried to make a pass at her" [syn: {glower}]
     2: be sharply reflected; "The moon glared back at itself from
        the lake's surface"
     3: shine intensely; "The sun glared down on us"