Meaning

7 senses
  1. (also, countable, figuratively, uncountable)A brief or cursory look.

    Blick, Streifblick

    взглядvzgljad

    по́глядpóhljad

    a quick look

  2. (also, countable, figuratively, uncountable)A quick movement that catches light, and causes a flash or glitter; also, the flash or glitter.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A stroke in which the ball is hit with a bat held in a slanted manner.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Of certain juvenile fish, chiefly of the Cichlidae family: an act of rapidly touching the side of its parent's body, usually to feed on mucus.

  5. (countable, uncountable)Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre.

    copper glance silver glance

    Steinkohle

  6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)An act of striking and flying off in an oblique direction; a deflection.

  7. (countable, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable)An incidental or passing allusion or thought, often unfavourable, expressed on a topic.

Examples

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

    Вона сором'язливо глянула на хлопця. — deniko

    ruОна застенчиво взглянула на молодого человека. — marafon

    deSie warf dem Jüngling einen scheuen Blick zu. — Yorwba

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

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

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

  3. Tom glanced at Mary.

    Том глянув на Мері. — deniko

    ruТом взглянул на Мэри. — marafon

  4. I glanced at his letter.

    Я глянув побіжно в його лист. — ChickenKiev

    deIch warf einen Blick auf seinen Brief. — Manfredo

  5. Tom glanced over at Mary.

    Том оглянув Мері поглядом. — deniko

    ruТом окинул Мэри взглядом. — sharptoothed

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
brief or cursory look:
Русский
By meaning 1
brief or cursory look:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
brief or cursory look:
any of various sulphides which have a brilliant metallic lustre:

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:

From Late Middle English glaunce (compare glaunce-ore (“type of ore; lead ore used for glazing pottery (?)”)), borrowed from Middle High German glanz (“(adjective) gleaming, glittering, sparkling; (noun) a gleam, glitter, sparkle”), from Old High German glanz (“bright”, adjective), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlend-.

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Forms

plural: glances
Singularglance
Pluralglances

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 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