English language

How to pronounce gleam in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms glint, glisten, glitter, shine
Type of appear, look, seem
Has types spangle, shimmer
Type Words
Synonyms gleaming, glimmer
Type of flash
Type Words
Synonyms glimmer
Type of radiate
Derivation gleaming
Type Words
Synonyms gleaming, glow, lambency
Type of radiance, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency, shine, radiancy
Type Words
Type of appear, come along


A terrible thought gleamed in her mind.

Examples of gleam

gleam
It is friendly and open, yet in their eyes there is the gleam of the competitor.
From the time.com
Hardwood floors gleam in both rooms, as well as throughout the entire main level.
From the washingtontimes.com
Its wide nickel and mirror shelves gleam from the bottom casters to the top shelf.
From the sfgate.com
The beets and green beans don't gleam with bright perfection, as in bigger stores.
From the washingtonpost.com
Weber, on the other hand, usually has a gleam in his eyes and a smile on his lips.
From the kansas.com
On sunny days, the church's white steeple and columned front entrance still gleam.
From the sfgate.com
You would see that gleam in his eye when he talked about his 10-year-old daughter.
From the usatoday.com
The whites of their eyes gleam in the headlights'glare as they stare at the truck.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Right now the idea is just a gleam in the eyes of U.S. officials in Sri Lanka.
From the time.com
More examples
  • An appearance of reflected light
  • Glitter: be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening"
  • Shine brightly, like a star or a light
  • Appear briefly; "A terrible thought gleamed in her mind"
  • (gleaming) agleam: 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"
  • Gay and Lesbian Employees at Microsoft (GLEAM) is a group of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees at Microsoft. GLEAM originated as a private mailing list during the 1980s. ...
  • Gleam is a live album recorded in 1975 by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. It was released as a double LP on Sony Music Japan and features a live performance recorded in Tokyo by Hubbard, Carl Randall, George Cables, Henry Franklin, Carl Burnett and Buck Clark. It has not received a CD release.
  • The Gleam is an EP by the American bluegrass band The Avett Brothers. It was released on September 19, 2006 for Ramseur Records. Recorded by Doug Williams at Electromagnetic Radiation Recorders, shortly after the completion of .
  • A small or indistinct shaft or stream of light; a glimpse or hint; an indistinct sign of something; brightness or shininess; splendor; To shine; to glitter; to glisten; To be briefly but strongly apparent; To disgorge filth, as a hawk