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GLEAMING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An appearance of reflected light
Synonyms:
gleam; gleaming; glow; lambency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("gleaming" is a kind of...):
effulgence; radiance; radiancy; refulgence; refulgency; shine (the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A flash of light (especially reflected light)
Synonyms:
gleam; gleaming; glimmer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gleaming" is a kind of...):
flash (a sudden intense burst of radiant energy)
Derivation:
gleam (shine brightly, like a star or a light)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bright with a steady but subdued shining
Example:
Nereids beneath the nitid moon
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
bright (emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb gleam
Context examples:
She was as frightened as I at the prospect, and we had reason to be gazing at close range at the gleaming teeth and dog-like mouths.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Round and round the room she danced, her hands clapping, her dark eyes gleaming with delighted wonder, and a thousand pretty Italian exclamations pouring from her lips.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“That?” returned Silver, smiling away, but warier than ever, his eye a mere pin-point in his big face, but gleaming like a crumb of glass.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
She had drawn a little gleaming revolver, and emptied barrel after barrel into Milverton’s body, the muzzle within two feet of his shirt front.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The archer was standing with folded arms, his bow jutting from over his shoulder, and the sun gleaming brightly upon his head-piece and the links of his chain-mail.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The moonlight shone upon his huge projecting eyes, the row of enormous teeth in his open mouth, and the gleaming fringe of claws upon his short, powerful forearms.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He shook his fist angrily at the gleaming eyes, and began securely to prop his moccasins before the fire.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
I saw ripe bilberries gleaming here and there, like jet beads in the heath: I gathered a handful and ate them with the bread.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I called in fright, "Lucy! Lucy!" and something raised a head, and from where I was I could see a white face and red, gleaming eyes.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
They, too, were silent, their eyes only gleaming and their breaths drifting slowly upward.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
