| 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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