- 1. v. i. To disgorge filth, as a hawk. Source: opted
- 2. n. A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse. Source: opted
- 3. n. Brightness; splendor. Source: opted
- 4. v. t. To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east. Source: opted
- 5. v. t. To shine; to cast light; to glitter. Source: opted
- 6. v. t. To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.). Source: opted
- 7. n. an appearance of reflected light Source: wordnet
- 8. n. a flash of light (especially reflected light) Source: wordnet
- 9. v. be shiny, as if wet Source: wordnet
- 10. v. shine brightly, like a star or a light Source: wordnet
- 11. v. to shine with faint or brief light Source: wordnet
- 12. To disgorge filth, as a hawk. 1. A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse. Transient unexpected gleams of joi. Addison. At last a gleam Of dawning light turned thitherward in haste His [Satan's] traveled steps. Milton. A glimmer, and then a gleam of light. Longfellow. 2. Brightness; splendor. In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen. Pope. 1. To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east. 2. To shine; to cast light; to glitter. Syn. -- To Gleam, Glimmer, Glitter. To gleam denotes a faint but distinct emission of light. To glimmer describes an indistinct and unsteady giving of light. To glitter imports a brightness that is intense, but varying. The morning light gleams upon the earth; a distant taper glimmers through the mist; a dewdrop glitters in the sun. See Flash. To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.). Dying eyes gleamed forth their ashy lights. Shak. Source: webster
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