what does gleaming mean?
GLEAMING as NOUN
- Meaning
- an appearance of reflected light
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Hypernyms(s) gleaming is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a flash of light (especially reflected light)
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Hypernyms(s) gleaming is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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GLEAMING as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- bright with a steady but subdued shining
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Usage Example(s)
- from the plane we saw the city below agleam with lights
- the gleaming brass on the altar
- Nereids beneath the nitid moon
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