Gleam

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  • noun. A brief beam or flash of light.
  • noun. A steady but subdued shining; a glow.
  • noun. A brief or dim indication; a trace.
  • intransitive verb. To emit a gleam; flash or glow: synonym: flash.
  • intransitive verb. To be reflected as a gleam.
  • intransitive verb. To be manifested or indicated briefly or faintly.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • noun. Brightness; splendor.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. Specifically— A flash of lightning.
  • noun. A hot interval between showers.
  • In falconry, to disgorge refuse from the stomach, as a hawk.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
  • noun. A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse.
  • noun. Brightness; splendor.
  • transitive verb. To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.).
  • transitive verb. To shoot, or dart, as rays of light.
  • transitive verb. To shine; to cast light; to glitter.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a small or indistinct shaft or stream of light.
  • noun. a glimpse or hint; an indistinct sign of something.
  • noun. brightness or shininess; splendor.
  • verb. To shine; to glitter; to glisten.
  • verb. To be briefly but strongly apparent.
  • verb. To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. appear briefly
  • noun. an appearance of reflected light
  • noun. a flash of light (especially reflected light)
  • verb. be shiny, as if wet
  • verb. shine brightly, like a star or a light
  • Word Usage
    "Because East Valley HS, despite its high tech gleam, is full of gangs. linus Says:"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Diem  Hakeem  Ibrahim  Joachim  Rahim  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blaze  flare  flash  gaze  glance  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    appearance  beam  beam  brightness  burn  
    verb-form
    gleamed  gleaming  gleams