gleamverb [ I ]
uk/ɡliːm/us/ɡliːm/to produce or reflect a small, bright light:
He polished the table until it gleamed.
When eyes gleam, they shine in a way that expresses a particular emotion:
His eyes gleamed with/in triumph.
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Giving out light
- alight
- blink
- brighten
- burn
- burnish
- cast
- catch
- dazzle
- flicker
- gild
- glance
- glitter
- glow
- illuminate
- light
- redshift
- shimmer
- sparkly
- strobe
- UV
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Expressing and showing feelings
gleamnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ɡliːm/us/ɡliːm/an occasion when something gleams
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Quantities & units of light
- aureole
- beam
- blip
- bright
- flash
- glare
- glint
- halo
- lustre
- lux
- pencil
- pinprick
- point
- ray
- shaft
- sheen
- shine
- sparkle
- sunbeam
- twinkle
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Idiom(s)
a gleam in your eye