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2 dictionary results for: Gleaming
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gleam       (glēm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A brief beam or flash of light: saw gleams of daylight through the cracks.
  2. A steady but subdued shining; a glow: the gleam of burnished gold.
  3. A brief or dim indication; a trace: a gleam of intelligence.

v.   gleamed, gleam·ing, gleams

v.   intr.
  1. To emit a gleam; flash or glow: "It shone with gold and gleamed with ivory" (Edith Hamilton). See Synonyms at flash.
  2. To be manifested or indicated briefly or faintly.

v.   tr.
To cause to emit a flash of light.


[Middle English glem, from Old English glǣm; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]

gleam'er n.
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gleaming

adjective
1. bright with a steady but subdued shining; "from the plane we saw the city below agleam with lights"; "the gleaming brass on the altar"; "Nereids beneath the nitid moon" [syn: agleam

noun
1. a flash of light (especially reflected light) [syn: gleam
2. an appearance of reflected light [syn: gleam

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