Found 3 items, similar to gleam.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: gleam
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: gleam
gleam
n 1: an appearance of reflected light [syn:
gleaming,
glow,
lambency]
2: a flash of light (especially reflected light) [syn:
gleaming,
glimmer]
v 1: be shiny, as if wet;
“His eyes were glistening” [syn:
glitter,
glisten,
glint,
shine]
2: shine brightly, like a star or a light [syn:
glimmer]
3: appear briefly;
“A terrible thought gleamed in her mind”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Gleam
Gleam
\Gleam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Gleamed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gleaming.]
1. To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn,
light gleams in the east.
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2. To shine; to cast light; to glitter.
Syn: To
Gleam,
Glimmer,
Glitter.
Usage: To gleam denotes a faint but distinct emission of
light. To glimmer describes an indistinct and unsteady
giving of light. To glitter imports a brightness that
is intense, but varying. The morning light gleams upon
the earth; a distant taper glimmers through the mist;
a dewdrop glitters in the sun. See
Flash.
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Gleam
\Gleam\, v. i. [Cf. OE. glem birdlime, glue, phlegm, and
E. englaimed.] (Falconry)
To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
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Gleam
\Gleam\, n. [OE. glem, gleam, AS. gl[ae]m, prob. akin to
E. glimmer, and perh. to Gr. ? warm, ? to warm. Cf.
Glitter.]
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1. A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray;
a glimpse.
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Transient unexpected gleams of joi. --Addison.
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At last a gleam
Of dawning light turned thitherward in haste
His [Satan's] traveled steps. --Milton.
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A glimmer, and then a gleam of light. --Longfellow.
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2. Brightness; splendor.
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In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen.
--Pope.
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Gleam
\Gleam\, v. t.
To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.).
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Dying eyes gleamed forth their ashy lights. --Shak.
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