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As Winston wandered towards the table his eye was caught by a round, smooth thing that gleamed softly in the lamplight, and he picked it up. ---<1984>
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The windows were ajar and gleaming white against the fresh grass outside that seemed to grow a little way into the house. ---<The Great Gatsby>
gleam, verb, /ɡlim/
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to shine softly SYN glimmer.
to shine with a pale clear light.
to look very clean or bright.
His teeth gleamed under his moustache.
gleam with
The wooden panelling was gleaming with wax polish.
The sun gleamed on the water.
The moonlight gleamed on the water.
Her eyes gleamed in the dark.
The house was gleaming with fresh white paint.
Her teeth gleamed white against the tanned skin of her face.
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if your eyes or face gleam with a feeling, they show it SYN glint.
if a person's eyes gleam with a particular emotion, or an emotion gleams in a person's eyes, the person shows that emotion.
gleam with
He laughed, his eyes gleaming with amusement.
His eyes were gleaming with delight.
His eyes gleamed with amusement.
Amusement gleamed in his eyes.
— gleaming, adjective, / ˈɡlimɪŋ/
gleaming white walls.
gleam, noun, /ɡlim/
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a small pale light, especially one that shines for a short time SYN glimmer.
a small, bright light. a bright or shining quality. a pale clear light, often reflected from sth.
gleam of
They saw a sudden gleam of light.
He saw the gleam of a flashlight in the distance.
the gleam of moonlight on the water.
a gleam of light from a lamp.
A few gleams of sunshine lit up the gloomy afternoon.
I saw the gleam of the knife as it flashed through the air.
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the brightness of something that shines SYN glint.
gleam of
the gleam of gold and diamonds.
the rich gleam of the polished wood.
a faint gleam of hope.
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an emotion or expression that appears for a moment on someone’s face.
a small amount of emotion (such as happiness or excitement) that can be seen in someone's eyes.
an expression of a particular feeling or emotion that shows in sb's eyes. a small amount of sth.
gleam of
She saw a gleam of amusement in his eyes.
Rose looked at me with a furious gleam in her eyes.
a gleam [=glimmer] of hope.
Her father had a gleam in his eyes as he told the story.
a gleam of triumph in her eyes.
a mischievous gleam in his eye.
The gleam in his eye made her uncomfortable (= as if he was planning sth secret or unpleasant).
a serious book with an occasional gleam of humour.
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something is a gleam in somebody’s eye
used to say that something is being planned or thought about, but does not yet exist.
In those days, CD-ROMs were still just a gleam in the eye of some young engineer.
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