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gleaming

 
Adjective gleaming has 1 sense
  1. agleam, gleaming, nitid - 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"
    Antonym: dull (indirect, via bright)
Noun gleaming has 2 senses
  1. gleam, gleaming, glimmer - a flash of light (especially reflected light)
    --1 is a kind of flash
    Derived form: verb gleam2
  2. gleam, gleaming, glow, lambency - an appearance of reflected light
    --2 is a kind of radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency
Verb gleam has 3 senses
  1. glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine - be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening"
    --1 is one way to look, appear, seem
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. gleam, glimmer - shine brightly, like a star or a light
    --2 is one way to radiate
    Derived forms: noun gleam2, noun gleaming1
    Sample sentences:
    Lights gleam on the horizon
    The horizon is gleaming with lights
  3. gleam - appear briefly; "A terrible thought gleamed in her mind"
    --3 is one way to
    appear, come along
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
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