- afire
- albedo
- aura
- beam
- beamy
- bioluminescence
- blink
- glance
- glimmer
- glint
- glitter
- glow
- luminescent
- luminosity
- luminously
- noctilucent
- non-glare
- non-luminous
- reflected ray
- waxy
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Meaning of gleam in English
(Definition of gleam from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Idiom
Examples of gleam
gleam
Her flesh gleamed in the morning sunlight like varnished cherrywood.
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In the post-war period we have had too many gleams and too few projects.
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They may see a couple of eyes gleaming at them through the darkness; but they may not necessarily be the eyes of deer.
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They were well turned out, and their boots gleamed.
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We must be determined that in this case the redness that has gleamed in the sky must not be allowed to go back again.
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There were certain gleams of that point of view coming from his speech.
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The prospects of agriculture are gloomy to-day, but there are fitful gleams of light and hope.
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The fire stations are a mass of gleaming metal.
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I got one or two gleams of light.
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The only way in which we can meet competition in the world is by having the most up-to-date, the most shining and gleaming factories.
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A jelly pan waits in the kitchen, its copper sides gleaming, waiting for someone to make jam in it.
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We must not forget that there have been gleams of hope in the past, which have, unfortunately, often been extinguished.
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The rotting centres of many of our old towns and cities are being replaced by gleaming new flats and office blocks.
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In fairness, it should be said that the situation is not entirely black; there are sometimes small, if fitful, gleams of hope.
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After the war we had gleaming modern airliners, the earliest ones being directly designed from bombers.
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（やわらかく）光る, 輝く, 心地よい光…
parıldamak, parlamak, ışıldamak…
luire, pétiller, lueur [feminine]…
lluir, reflex…
glanzen, glans, sprankje…
funkle, skinne, glimt…
glimma, skimra, glimt…
cahaya lembut, sinaran lembut, sedikit…
glänzen, der Glanz, der Schimmer…
glinse, glitre, glimt [neuter]…
блимати, мерехтіти, відблиск…
светиться, мерцать, блестеть…
يَبْرُق, يُومِض, بَريق…
probleskovat, zasvitnout, záblesk…
bersinar, cahaya, sedikit…
แสงที่เป็นประกาย, แสงสว่าง, นิดหน่อย…
ánh lên, ánh lập loè, chút…
błyszczeć, blask, błysk…
희미하게 빛나다, 희미한 빛…
luccicare, barlume, brillare…
