Definition of glances Glances

/glæˈnsɪz/ - [glansiz] -

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What does glances mean?

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Noun Plural: glances
glance - a quick look
		glimpse, coup d'oeil
		looking at, looking, look the act of searching visually
		eye-beaming a radiant glance of the eye; "he pretended profundity by eye-beamings at people"
Verb glances, glancing, glanced
glance - throw a glance at; take a brief look at; "She only glanced at the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting"
		peek, glint
		look have a certain outward or facial expression; "How does she look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery"
glance - hit at an angle
		collide with, impinge on, run into, hit, strike collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole"

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

glance
glans, n. a sudden shoot of light: a darting of the eye: a momentary view: a term applied to minerals exhibiting a pseudo-metallic lustre.—v.i. to dart a ray of light or splendour: to snatch a momentary view: to fly off obliquely: to make a passing allusion.—v.t. to dart suddenly or obliquely: to hint.—n. Glance′-coal, any hard coal, like anthracite, so called from its metallic lustre.—adv. Glanc′ingly. [From a Teut. root seen in Sw. glans, Dut. glans, Ger. glanz, lustre, and allied to Eng. glint.]