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   gleam

   /ɡliːm/

   verb

   • 1. shine brightly, especially with reflected light: "light gleamed on the china cats"
   • ▪ (of a smooth surface or object) reflect light because well polished: "Victor buffed the glass until it gleamed"
   • ▪ (of an emotion or quality) be expressed through the brightness of a person's eyes: "affection gleamed in her large green eyes"

   noun

   • 1. a faint or brief light, especially one reflected from something: "the gleam of a silver tray" Similar glimmerglintshimmerglowtwinklesparkleflickerblinksparkflashflarebeamrayshaftfingerpencilshinelustreglosssheenglintglitterglimmersparklebrightnessbrillianceradianceglowluminescenceluminosityphosphorescenceincandescenceliterary:glisterrare:lambencyscintillationeffulgencerefulgencefulgurationcoruscation
   • ▪ a brief or faint instance of a quality or emotion: "the gleam of hope vanished" Similar glimmerglimmeringflickerraysparktracesuggestionhintfaint signscintilla
   • ▪ an expression of an emotion or quality in a person's eyes: "she saw a gleam of triumph in his eyes" Similar glimmerglimmeringflickerraysparktracesuggestionhintfaint signscintilla

   Word Origin Old Englishglǣm ‘brilliant light’, of Germanic origin.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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