gleam
noun/ɡliːm/
/ɡliːm/
[usually singular]- a pale clear light, often reflected from something
- We could see the gleam of moonlight on the water.
- a gleam of light from a lamp
- A few gleams of sunshine lit up the gloomy afternoon.
- I saw the gleam of the knife as it flashed through the air.
Extra Examples- a faint gleam of light from the doorway
- the distant gleam of the sea
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dull
- faint
- distant
- …
- gleam of
- a gleam of light
- a small amount of something
- a faint gleam of hope
- a serious book with an occasional gleam of humour
- an expression of a particular feeling or emotion that shows in somebody’s eyes synonym glint
- a gleam of triumph in her eyes
- a mischievous gleam in his eye
- The gleam in his eye made her uncomfortable (= as if he was planning something secret or unpleasant).
- A sudden gleam came into her eye as she remembered that tomorrow was her day off.
- He had a speculative gleam in his eyes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cold
- dark
- strange
- …
- have
- come into somebody’s eye/eyes
- enter somebody’s eye/eyes
- light somebody’s eye/eyes
- …
- gleam of
- a gleam in somebody’s eye/eyes
Word OriginOld English glǣm ‘brilliant light’, of Germanic origin.
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