glance
A brief or cursory lookA brief or cursory look.
» She glanced shyly at the young man.
Sie warf dem Jüngling einen scheuen Blick zu. — Yorwba
Она застенчиво взглянула на молодого человека. — marafon
Она стыдливо взглянула на молодого человека. — Lenin_1917
Она робко взглянула на молодого человека. — marafon
Вона сором'язливо глянула на хлопця. — deniko
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7 senses(also, countable, figuratively, uncountable)A brief or cursory look.
Blick, Streifblick
взглядvzgljad
по́глядpóhljad
a quick look
(also, countable, figuratively, uncountable)A quick movement that catches light, and causes a flash or glitter; also, the flash or glitter.
(countable, uncountable)A stroke in which the ball is hit with a bat held in a slanted manner.
(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.
(countable, uncountable)Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre.
copper glance silver glance
Steinkohle
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)An act of striking and flying off in an oblique direction; a deflection.
(countable, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable)An incidental or passing allusion or thought, often unfavourable, expressed on a topic.
Examples
399 sentencesShe 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
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
Tom glanced at Mary.
Том глянув на Мері. — deniko
ruТом взглянул на Мэри. — marafon
I glanced at his letter.
Я глянув побіжно в його лист. — ChickenKiev
deIch warf einen Blick auf seinen Brief. — Manfredo
Tom glanced over at Mary.
Том оглянув Мері поглядом. — deniko
ruТом окинул Мэри взглядом. — sharptoothed
Translations
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Origin
The verb is derived from Late Middle English glenchen (“of a blow: to strike obliquely, glThe 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: glancesSynonyms
2 synonyms- a quick look:glimpsecoup d'oeil
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
7 patterns- glanced at the
- glanced at his
- at a glance
- exchanged glances
- glanced around
- glanced through
- a glance that