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BLARE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loud harsh or strident noise

Synonyms:

blare; blaring; cacophony; clamor; din

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("blare" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Derivation:

blare (make a strident sound)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a strident sound

Example:

She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone

Synonyms:

blare; blast

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "blare" is one way to...):

make noise; noise; resound (emit a noise)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

blare (a loud harsh or strident noise)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a loud noise

Example:

The horns of the taxis blared

Synonyms:

beep; blare; claxon; honk; toot

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "blare" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blare"):

tootle (play (a musical instrument) casually)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence examples:

Cars blare in the streets

The streets blare with cars

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