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Verb: gleam  gleem
  1. Be shiny, as if wet
    "His eyes were gleaming";
    - glitter, glisten, glint, shine
     
  2. Shine brightly, like a star or a light
    - glimmer
     
  3. To shine with faint or brief light
    "A terrible thought gleamed in her mind"
Noun: gleam  gleem
  1. An appearance of reflected light
    - gleaming, glow, lambency
     
  2. A flash of light (especially reflected light)
    - gleaming, glimmer

Derived forms: gleams, gleamed, gleaming

Type of: appear, come along, effulgence, flash, look, radiance, radiancy, radiate, refulgence, refulgency, seem, shine

Encyclopedia: Gleam