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Meaning of 'gleam' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Gleam [ n.]
- A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse.
- Brightness; splendor.
2 . Gleam [ v. i.]
- To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
3 . Gleam [ v. t.]
- To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east.
- To shine; to cast light; to glitter.
- To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.).

Meaning of 'gleam' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . gleam [ v]
Meaning (1):
- appear briefly
Example in sentence:
  • A terrible thought gleamed in her mind;
  • The headlines flashed on the screen
Meaning (2):
- be shiny, as if wet
Example in sentence:
  • His eyes were glistening

Nearby Words:

glead gleamed gleaming gleamy glean gleaned gleaner gleaning glebe glebeless

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