| ADJECTIVE | all | gleaming, agleam, nitid | bright with a steady but subdued shining |
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| NOUN | event | gleaming, gleam, glimmer | a flash of light (especially reflected light) |
| attribute | gleaming, gleam, glow, lambency | an appearance of reflected light |
| Sounds | gliy'mihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | bright with a steady but subdued shining. | |
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| Example | "the gleaming brass on the altar" | |
| Synonyms | agleam, nitid | |
| Broader | bright | emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts |
| Spanish | deslumbrante, reluciente, relumbrante, resplandeciente | |
| Catalan | llampant, lluent, relluent | |
| Meaning | A flash of light (especially reflected light). | |
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| Synonyms | gleam, 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 | An appearance of reflected light. | |
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| Synonyms | gleam, 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 | |
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