blare
To play at extremely loud volume levelsTo play (a radio, recorded music, etc.) at extremely loud volume levels.
» I heard rock music blaring from the radio.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To play (a radio, recorded music, etc.) at extremely loud volume levels.
plärren
(figuratively, transitive)To express (ideas, words, etc.) loudly; to proclaim.
(intransitive)To make a loud sound, especially like a trumpet.
The trumpet blaring in my ears gave me a headache.
plärren
гро́мко труби́тьgrómko
трубитиtrubyty, гудітиhudity, ревітиrevity
make a strident sound
(dialectal, intransitive)To make a lengthy sound, as of a person crying or an animal bellowing or roaring.
plärren
Examples
29 sentencesI heard rock music blaring from the radio.
We saw several police cars with sirens blaring and lights flashing racing down the road.
The TV blared in the background.
deDer Fernseher plärrte im Hintergrund.
Pop music blared from the speakers.
Ziri was blaring on the horn.
Translations
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Origin
The verb is derived from Late Middle English blaren, bleren, bloren (“to bellow, cry, wailThe verb is derived from Late Middle English blaren, bleren, bloren (“to bellow, cry, wail; of a goat: to bleat”), probably from Old English *blǣran, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to bleat, cry”) and ultimately imitative. Related to Middle Dutch blaren, bleren (“to bawl, cry; to shout; to bleat”) (modern Dutch blèren).
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Forms
blares, blaring, blared, blaredSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle