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gleaming

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gleam  (glm)
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
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 glm; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]

gleamer n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gleaminggleaming - a flash of light (especially reflected light)
flash - a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
2.gleaminggleaming - an appearance of reflected light    
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"
bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"

gleaming
Translations
gleaming [ˈgliːmɪŋ] ADJreluciente
gleaming [ˈgliːmɪŋ] adj [car, brass, paintwork] → brillant(e)
gleaming
adjschimmernd; car, hair, silver, water alsoglänzend; smilestrahlend; eyesfunkelnd; gleaming white teethblendend weiße Zähne
gleaming [ˈgliːmɪŋ] adjbrillante, lucente
the house was gleaming → la casa era uno specchio
gleaming [ˈgliːmɪŋ] adjbrillante, lucente
the house was gleaming → la casa era uno specchio


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There was no suggestion of form in the utter blackness; only could be seen a pair of eyes gleaming like live coals.
" Finally the gorgeous jewel of the order, gleaming upon the breast of every member, suggested "your Badgesty," which was adopted, and the order became popularly known as the Kings of Catarrh.
By way of ornament to the dull brown walls, icicles appear in the crevices of the timber, gleaming at intervals in the red fire-light.
 
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