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[ noun ] an appearance of reflected light

Used in print

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

It gave the rubberized fabric a dull gleam , like metal .

Related terms

radiance glow

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[ verb ] be shiny, as if wet

Examples

"His eyes were glistening"

Used in print

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

In the half darkness the banisters gleamed , and the hall seemed enormous .

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

She smiled , and the teeth gleamed in her beautifully modeled olive face .

Related terms

look spangle shimmer glint

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[ verb ] shine brightly, like a star or a light

Synonyms

glimmer

Used in print

(Kenneth Scott Latourette, Christianity in a Revolutiona...)

O beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the years thine alabaster cities gleam undimmed by human tears .

(Guideposts BR-E01. Mr. America, 4:6 (November, 1961)...)

I was proud of the new buildings which housed Diario now : the rotogravures , gleaming behind glass doors ; the thump and whir of our new presses .

Related terms

emit_light

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[ noun ] a flash of light (especially reflected light)

Synonyms

glimmer gleaming

Related terms

flash

5
[ verb ] appear briefly

Examples

"A terrible thought gleamed in her mind"

Related terms

appear

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