VERB | perception | gleam, glitter, glisten, glint, shine | be shiny, as if wet |
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perception | gleam, glimmer | shine brightly, like a star or a light | |
change | gleam | appear briefly | |
NOUN | attribute | gleam, gleaming, glow, lambency | an appearance of reflected light |
event | gleam, gleaming, glimmer | a flash of light (especially reflected light) |
Sounds | gliy'm | |
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Rhymes | academe ... upstream: 40 rhymes with iym... |
Meaning | An appearance of reflected light. | |
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Synonyms | gleaming, glow, lambency | |
Broader | radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency | The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light |
Spanish | refulgencia, resplandor | |
Catalan | resplendor |
Meaning | A flash of light (especially reflected light). | |
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Synonyms | gleaming, glimmer | |
Broader | flash | A sudden intense burst of radiant energy |
Spanish | destello, luz tenue, vislumbre | |
Verbs | gleam | shine brightly, like a star or a light |
Meaning | Be shiny, as if wet. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Synonyms | glitter, glisten, glint, shine | |
Narrower | shimmer | give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk |
spangle | Glitter as if covered with spangles | |
Broader | look, appear, seem | Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect |
Spanish | brillar, centellear, destellar, fulgurar, relucir, resplandecer, rutilar | |
Catalan | brillar, centellejar, espurnejar, fulgurar, llampurnar, lluir, relluir, resplendir, rutilar |
Meaning | shine brightly, like a star or a light. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Model | Lights gleam on the horizon; The horizon is gleaming with lights | |
Synonym | glimmer | |
Broader | radiate | Cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays |
Spanish | fulgurar | |
Catalan | centellejar, fulgurar | |
Nouns | gleam, gleaming | a flash of light (especially reflected light) |
Meaning | Appear briefly. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
Example | "A terrible thought gleamed in her mind" | |
Broader | appear, come along | come into being or existence, or appear on the scene |
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