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gleaming
(encz) | gleaming,lesklý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
gleaming
(encz) | gleaming,zářící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Gleaming
(gcide) | Gleam \Gleam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gleamed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gleaming.]
1. To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn,
light gleams in the east.
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2. To shine; to cast light; to glitter.
Syn: To Gleam, Glimmer, Glitter.
Usage: 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.
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gleaming
(wn) | gleaming
adj 1: bright with a steady but subdued shining; "from the plane
we saw the city below agleam with lights"; "the gleaming
brass on the altar"; "Nereids beneath the nitid moon"
[syn: agleam, gleaming, nitid]
n 1: a flash of light (especially reflected light) [syn:
gleam, gleaming, glimmer]
2: an appearance of reflected light [syn: gleam, gleaming,
glow, lambency] |
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Gleaming
(gcide) | Gleam \Gleam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gleamed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gleaming.]
1. To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn,
light gleams in the east.
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2. To shine; to cast light; to glitter.
Syn: To Gleam, Glimmer, Glitter.
Usage: 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.
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