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gleam  audio  (glm) KEY  

NOUN:
  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.
VERB:
gleamed , gleam·ing , gleams
VERB:
intr.
  1. To emit a gleam; flash or glow: "It shone with gold and gleamed with ivory" (Edith Hamilton). See Synonyms at flash.
  2. To be manifested or indicated briefly or faintly.
VERB:
tr.
To cause to emit a flash of light.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English glem, from Old English glm; see ghel- 2 in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
gleamer (Noun)


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