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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gleam /glim/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a flash or beam of light:the gleam of a lantern.
- a subdued or reflected light:the gleam of the full moon.
- a slight showing;
trace:a gleam of hope.
v. [no object] - to send forth a gleam or gleams:He polished the silver until it gleamed.
- to appear suddenly:A lantern gleamed in the darkness.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gleam (glēm),USA pronunciation n. - a flash or beam of light:the gleam of a lantern in the dark.
- a dim or subdued light.
- a brief or slight manifestation or occurrence;
trace:a gleam of hope.
v.i. - to send forth a gleam or gleams.
- to appear suddenly and clearly like a flash of light.
- bef. 1000; (noun, nominal) Middle English glem(e), Old English glǣm; cognate with Old High German gleimo glowworm; akin to Old Saxon glīmo brightness; (verb, verbal) Middle English, derivative of the noun, nominal See glimmer, glimpse
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Gleam, glimmer, beam, ray are terms for a stream of light. Gleam denotes a not very brilliant, intermittent or nondirectional stream of light. Glimmer indicates a nondirectional light that is feeble and unsteady:a faint glimmer of moonlight.Beam usually means a directional, and therefore smaller, stream:the beam from a searchlight.Ray usually implies a still smaller amount of light than a beam, a single line of light:a ray through a pinprick in a window shade.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged shine, glimmer, flash, glitter, sparkle, beam.
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