Meaning

18 senses
  1. (transitive)To turn (one's eyes or look) at something, often briefly.

    einen Blick darauf werfen

  2. (transitive)To look briefly at (something).

    blicken, einen Blick darauf werfen

    взгляну́тьvzgljanútʹ, гля́нутьgljánutʹ

    гля́нутиhljánuty

    throw a glance at; take a brief look at

  3. (transitive)To cause (light) to gleam or sparkle.

  4. (also, figuratively, transitive)To cause (something) to move obliquely.

  5. To cause (something) to move obliquely.

    (also, figuratively, transitive)To hit (a ball) lightly, causing it to move in another direction.

  6. (also, figuratively, transitive)To hit (a ball) with a bat held in a slanted manner; also, to play such a stroke against (the bowler).

  7. (figuratively, transitive)To communicate (something) using the eyes.

  8. (also, figuratively, intransitive)To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.

  9. To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.

    (also, figuratively, intransitive)To hit a ball with a bat held in a slanted manner.

  10. (also, figuratively, intransitive)Of certain juvenile fish, chiefly of the Cichlidae family: to rapidly touch the side of its parent's body, usually to feed on mucus.

  11. (intransitive)Of light, etc.: to gleam, to sparkle.

    She watched the spring sunlight glancing on the water of the pond.

  12. (intransitive)Of a thing: to move in a way that catches light, and flash or glitter.

Examples

399 sentences
  1. She glanced shyly at the young man.

    Вона сором'язливо глянула на хлопця.

    ruОна застенчиво взглянула на молодого человека.

    deSie warf dem Jüngling einen scheuen Blick zu.

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  2. I could tell at a glance that something was wrong.

    Я з першого погляду міг сказати, що щось не так.

    ruЯ с первого взгляда мог сказать, что что-то не так.

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  3. Tom glanced at Mary.

    Том глянув на Мері.

    ruТом взглянул на Мэри.

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  4. I glanced at his letter.

    Я глянув побіжно в його лист.

    deIch warf einen Blick auf seinen Brief.

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  5. Tom glanced over at Mary.

    Том оглянув Мері поглядом.

    ruТом окинул Мэри взглядом.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to look briefly at (something):
Русский
By meaning 1
to look briefly at (something):
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to turn (one’s eyes or look) at something, often briefly:
to look briefly at (something):

Origin

The verb is derived from Late Middle English glenchen (“of a blow: to strike obliquely, gl

The verb is derived from Late Middle English glenchen (“of a blow: to strike obliquely, glance; of a person: to turn quickly aside, dodge”) [and other forms], a blend of:

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Forms

glances, glancing, glanced, glanced
Base formglance · to glance
3rd person singularglances
Present participleglancing
Past simpleglanced
Past participleglanced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyglance
he, she, itglances

Past simpleLesson

all personsglanced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave glanced
he, she, ithas glanced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill glance

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • throw a glance at; take a brief look at:peekglint

Word family

14 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • glanced at the
  • glanced at his
  • at a glance
  • exchanged glances
  • glanced around
  • glanced through
  • a glance that

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
glance — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto