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Gleam Common

Gleam has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

an appearance of reflected light

2

a flash of light (especially reflected light)

3

A small or indistinct shaft or stream of light.

Verb
1

be shiny, as if wet

"His eyes were glistening"

2

shine brightly, like a star or a light

3

appear briefly

"A terrible thought gleamed in her mind"

4

To shine; to glitter; to glisten.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
radiance flash look radiate appear
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
spangle shimmer
Rhyming Words
eam beam heam ream neam team leam seam fleam cheam bleam sweam bream fream steam dream abeam cream embeam unteam
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