Gleam

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A brief beam or flash of light: saw gleams of daylight through the cracks.
  • n. A steady but subdued shining; a glow: the gleam of burnished gold.
  • n. A brief or dim indication; a trace: a gleam of intelligence.
  • verb-intransitive. To emit a gleam; flash or glow: "It shone with gold and gleamed with ivory” ( Edith Hamilton). See Synonyms at flash.
  • verb-intransitive. To be manifested or indicated briefly or faintly.
  • v. To cause to emit a flash of light.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a small or indistinct shaft or stream of light.
  • n. a glimpse or hint; an indistinct sign of something.
  • n. brightness or shininess; splendor.
  • v. To shine; to glitter; to glisten.
  • v. To be briefly but strongly apparent.
  • v. To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
  • n. A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse.
  • n. Brightness; splendor.
  • v. To shoot, or dart, as rays of light.
  • v. To shine; to cast light; to glitter.
  • v. To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Brightness; splendor.
  • n. A flash of light; a beam; a ray; a small stream of light; a dim or subdued glow; hence, something conceived as analogous to a flash or beam of light.
  • n. Specifically— A flash of lightning.
  • n. A hot interval between showers.
  • To dart or throw rays of light; glimmer; glitter; shine; dawn; hence, to appear suddenly and clearly, like a beam or flash of light.
  • To glance; look.
  • Synonyms Glisten, Glitter, etc. See glare, intransitive verb
  • Same as glean.
  • In falconry, to disgorge refuse from the stomach, as a hawk.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. appear briefly
  • n. an appearance of reflected light
  • n. a flash of light (especially reflected light)
  • v. be shiny, as if wet
  • v. shine brightly, like a star or a light
  • Verb Form
    gleamed    gleaming    gleams   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    appear    come-along    refulgency    refulgence    shine    radiance    effulgence    radiancy    flash    radiate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    beam    ray    glimpse    brightness    splendor    glimmer    glitter    shine    light    flash   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Diem    Hakeem    Ibrahim    Joachim    Rahim    Scheme    Sephardim    Supreme    agleam    beam   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    glint    glow    flash    glitter    grin    streak    spark    radiance    glare    sheen