<p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to emit a loud, raucous sound: The trumpets blared as the procession got underway.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to sound loudly; proclaim noisily: We sat there horrified as the radio blared the awful news.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a loud, raucous noise: The blare of the band made conversation impossible.</li><li>glaring intensity of light or color: A blare of sunlight flooded the room as she opened the shutters.</li><li>fanfare; flourish; ostentation; flamboyance: a new breakfast cereal proclaimed with all the blare of a Hollywood spectacle.</li><li>Eastern New England: the bawl of a calf.</li></ul>