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Meaning of 'glance' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Glance [ n.]
- A sudden flash of light or splendor.
- A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse.
- An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
- A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance.
2 . Glance [ v. i.]
- To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.
- To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. "Your arrow hath glanced".
- To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view.
- To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; -- often with at.
- To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.
3 . Glance [ v. t.]
- To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye.
- To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly.

Meaning of 'glance' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . glance [ v]
Meaning (1):
- throw a glance at; take a brief look at
Example in sentence:
  • I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting;
  • She only glanced at the paper

Nearby Words:

glabell/ glabella glabellum glabrate glabreate glabriate glabrity glabrous glacial glacialist

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