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- Dictionarygleaming/ˈɡliːmɪŋ/
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.
Gleaming definition: giving off or appearing to give off light or brightness; radiant; shining. See examples of GLEAMING used in a sentence.
Synonyms for GLEAMING: shining, dazzling, luminous, effulgent, brilliant, starry, radiant, refulgent; Antonyms of GLEAMING: flat, blank, listless, black, gray, stoic, grey, dark.
1. : to shine with or as if with subdued steady light or moderate brightness. 2. : to appear briefly or faintly. a light gleamed in the distance.
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.
Definitions of gleaming. 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.
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.
Definition of gleaming adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
A gleam is a flash or flicker of light, as in As Val scrolled through their phone in the dark, the screen projected a gleam of light on their face. A gleam is also a dim light, such as you might get from a flashlight with a dying battery. To gleam means to send out a gleam, as in The candle gleamed in the darkness.
