Definition of gleam Gleam
/gliˈm/ - [gleem] - gleam
We found 20 definitions of gleam from 6 different sources.
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What does gleam mean?
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NounPlural: gleams |
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| gleam - a flash of light (especially reflected light) | ||
| gleaming, glimmer | ||
| flash a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | ||
| gleam - an appearance of reflected light | ||
| gleaming, glow, lambency | ||
| effulgence, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine, radiance the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light | ||
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| gleam - shine brightly, like a star or a light | ||
| glimmer | ||
| radiate send out real or metaphoric rays; "She radiates happiness" | ||
| gleam - appear briefly; "A terrible thought gleamed in her mind" | ||
| come along, appear come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" | ||
| gleam - be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" | ||
| glitter, glisten, glint, shine | ||
| seem, appear, look appear to one's own mind or opinion; "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters" | ||
| spangle decorate with spangles; "the star-spangled banner" | ||
| shimmer give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk | ||
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Wiktionary 
- gleam (Noun)
A small or indistinct shaft or stream of light. - gleam (Noun)
A glimpse or hint; an indistinct sign of something. - gleam (Noun)
brightness or shininess; splendor. - gleam (Verb)
To shine; to glitter; to glisten. - gleam (Verb)
To be briefly but strongly apparent. - gleam (Verb)
To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gleam (v. i.)
To disgorge filth, as a hawk. - gleam (n.)
A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse. - gleam (n.)
Brightness; splendor. - gleam (v. t.)
To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east. - gleam (v. t.)
To shine; to cast light; to glitter. - gleam (v. t.)
To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.).
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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gleam
To reflect light.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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gleam
glēm, v.i. to glow or shine: to flash.—n. a small stream of light: a beam: brightness.—n. Gleam′ing, a sudden shoot of light.—adj. Gleam′y, casting beams or rays of light. [A.S. glǽm, gleam, brightness (see Glimmer); akin to glass, glow.]
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