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Meanings of gleam in English

Catalan
resplendor
Spanish
resplandor

An appearance of reflected light.

resplendor
Portuguese
cintilar
Catalan
rutilar
Spanish
brillar

Be shiny, as if wet.

cintilar
Synonyms
Examples for "glow"
Examples for "glow"
1
Nuclear energy has given me a healthy green glow, even at night.
Reuters
2
Four years later, there's a discernible glow-up in confidence and stage presence.
News.com.au
3
There was no question now: the glow of the beach was increasing.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
4
However, add the following riders, and it takes on a warmer glow.
The Irish Times
5
The circular glow of the street-lamp became the social center of Benton.
The River and I
1
Six miles away was the atmosphere plant, gleaming in the newly-risen sun.
The Runaway Asteroid
2
In the doorway stood the Russian, a knife gleaming in his hand.
Triple Spies
3
The town was sleeping; lights were gleaming in only a few windows.
A Hero of Our Time
4
I saw a sea of brown, gleaming plates of segmented, chitinous armor.
Storm front
5
From the gleaming car poured the family of the new district judge.
The eye of the leopard
1
A glimmer of good news after a bleak year for the economy.
BBC
2
Mr Kalim said the glimmer of hope he had left was gone.
Radio NZ
3
It offers a glimmer of hope in a sea of economic gloom.
Reuters
4
This glimmer of hope could see tobacco make a triumphant return soon.
The South African
5
You're the first glimmer of hope I've had in a long time.
Shadow and Bone
1
Clocks, keys, hinges, door-bands, hilts and trigger-guards... centrifugal lambency and recoil!
A Time of Gifts
2
His eyes had the same, cat-like lambency that halfling eyes had in the darkness.
The seeker
3
At first all that I could see was a space filled with the saffron lambency.
The Metal Monster
4
A faint lambency still clung to the cliff.
The Metal Monster
5
They were both rayless and strangely-lightless ;theythrew no shadows nor did their lambency lessen the dimness.
The Metal Monster
Usage of gleam in English
1
Through the lower gap they caught the gleam of the red coats.
The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest
2
He could see its gleam in the reflection of the gorgeous light.
The Maid of the Whispering Hills
3
Emily watched the first faint gleam of stars in the upper air.
A Life's Morning
4
Suddenly in the distant hollow he saw the gleam of a fire.
The Half-Hearted
5
A malevolent gleam lit in the cold black eyes of the bully.
Steve Yeager
6
The Cuban showed his teeth in the gleam of a quick smile.
Plotting in Pirate Seas
7
He saw the gleam of malignant triumph on the face of Graves.
The Boy Scout Aviators
8
The gleam of a light showed through a crack in the door.
North of Fifty-Three
9
And in the shade he saw a yellow gleam on the rock.
Casey Ryan
10
The girl smiled, a gleam of defiance visible in the uplifted eyes.
Beth Norvell: A Romance of the West
11
Away to the left there was the faint gleam of the river.
V. V.'s Eyes
12
The sphere left his fingers, was a gleam in the murky air.
Star Born
13
She stood in the path of a long gleam of morning sunlight.
The Great Impersonation
14
A gleam of light breaks in on the darkness of her sufferings.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
15
He caught the faint gleam of the Capuchin's eyes in the gloom.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment: First Series
16
In fact, there was a gleam of half-humorous satisfaction in his eyes.
The Girl from Keller's
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Translations for gleam
Portuguese
cintilarreluzir
Gleam through the time
Gleam across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common