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adjective
- 1. (of a smooth surface) reflecting light, typically because very clean or polished: "gleaming black limousines"
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bright and shiny from being cleaned: a gleaming kitchen. gleaming windows. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. The qualities of light. backlit. black light. brightly. brilliantly. coruscating. dazzlingly. dullness. floodlit. incandescent. lambency. luminescence. luminosity. lustrously. non-fluorescent. overcast. shimmering. spangly.
1. A brief beam or flash of light: saw gleams of daylight through the cracks. 2. A steady but subdued shining; a glow: the gleam of burnished gold. 3. A brief or dim indication; a trace: a gleam of intelligence. intr.v. gleamed, gleam·ing, gleams. 1.
1. a. : a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light. the gleam of dawn in the east. b (1) : a small bright light. the gleam of a match. (2) : glint. a gleam in his eyes. 2. : a brief or faint appearance. a gleam of hope. gleamy. ˈglē-mē. adjective. gleam. 2 of 2. verb. gleamed; gleaming; gleams.
Gleaming definition: giving off or appearing to give off light or brightness; radiant; shining. See examples of GLEAMING used in a sentence.
to produce or reflect a small, bright light: He polished the table until it gleamed. When eyes gleam, they shine in a way that expresses a particular emotion: gleam with/in His eyes gleamed with/in triumph. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Giving out light. afire. albedo. aura. backlit. beamy. bioluminescence. flicker. glimmer. glitter.
adjective. bright with a steady but subdued shining. “the gleaming brass on the altar” synonyms: agleam, nitid. bright. emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts. noun. a flash of light (especially reflected light) synonyms: gleam, glimmer. see more. noun. an appearance of reflected light. synonyms: gleam, glow, lambency. see more.
Definition of gleaming adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
