gleam

(glēm)

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.

intr.v. gleamed, gleam·ing, gleams

1. To emit a gleam; flash or glow: "Their tile roofs gleamed in the moon's pallid radiance" (Laura Joh Rowland). See Synonyms at flash.

2. To be reflected as a gleam: The sun gleamed on the water.

3. To be manifested or indicated briefly or faintly.

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

gleam′er n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	gleaming - a flash of light (especially reflected light) glimmer, gleam flash - a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
	2.	gleaming - an appearance of reflected light gleam, lambency, glow radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine, effulgence, radiance - the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
Adj.	1.	gleaming - 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" agleam, nitid bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"

gleaming

adjective shining, bright, brilliant, glowing, sparkling, glimmering, glistening, scintillating, burnished, lustrous a gleaming new car
dull, unpolished, lustreless

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gleaming

adjective

Having a high, radiant sheen:

glassy, glistening, glossy, lustrous, polished, shining, shiny.

Translations

étincellement

scintillante

gleaming

[ˈgliːmɪŋ] ADJ → reluciente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

gleaming

[ˈgliːmɪŋ] adj [car, brass, paintwork] → brillant(e)

gleaming

adj → schimmernd; car, hair, silver, water also → glänzend; smile → strahlend; eyes → funkelnd; gleaming white teeth → blendend weiße Zähne

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gleaming

[ˈgliːmɪŋ] adj → brillante, lucente
the house was gleaming → la casa era uno specchio