B2noun · countable / uncountable · rare

gleam

gleam · gleams

світло, відблиск, проблиск

свет, луч, проблеск

Schimmer, Schein, Funke

An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-livedAn appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.

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UK/ɡliːm/US/ɡlim/

» Candles gleamed brightly beside the jacuzzi.

Meaning

6 senses

(countable)An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.
Schein, Schimmer
лучluč, свет
світлоsvitlo, відблискvidblysk
an appearance of reflected light
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint.
The rescue workers preserved a gleam of optimism that the trapped miners might still survive.
Funke, Schimmer
про́блескpróblesk
проблискproblysk
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A bright, but intermittent or short-lived, appearance of something.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A look of joy or liveliness on one's face.
(countable, obsolete)Sometimes as hot gleam: a warm ray of sunlight; also, a period of warm weather, for instance, between showers of rain.
(obsolete, uncountable)Brightness or shininess; radiance, splendour.

Examples

34 sentences

Candles gleamed brightly beside the jacuzzi.
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Still gleams an element of hope.
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The floor gleamed like a mirror.
ruПол блестел как зеркало.
deDer Fußboden glänzte wie ein Spiegel.
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The floor was gleaming like a mirror.
deDer Fußboden glänzte wie ein Spiegel.
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The knight's armour gleamed in the sun.
ruДоспехи рыцаря блестели на солнце.
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Translations

5 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light:

indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint:

Русский

By meaning 2

indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light:

indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light:

indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint:

Origin

From Middle English glem, gleam, gleme (“shaft of light; part of a comet’s tail; reflected

From Middle English glem, gleam, gleme (“shaft of light; part of a comet’s tail; reflected sparkle; dawn; daylight; radiance (physical or spiritual); something fleeting”), from Old English glǣm (“gleam”), from Proto-Germanic *glaimiz (“brightness; splendour”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”).

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