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Definition of glance verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    glance

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//ɡlæns//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they glance
     
    he / she / it glances
     
    past simple glanced
     
    -ing form glancing
     
     
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  1. 1[intransitive] + adv./prep. to look quickly at something or someone She glanced at her watch. He glanced around the room. I glanced up quickly to see who had come in.
  2. 2[intransitive] glance at/down/over/through something to read something quickly and not thoroughly synonym scan I only had time to glance at the newspapers. He glanced briefly down the list of names. She glanced through the report.
  3. Phrasal Verbsglance offglance on
See glance in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary