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Adjective gleaming has 1 sense
- agleam, gleaming, nitid - bright with a steady but subdued shining; "from the plane we saw the city below agleam with lights"; "the gleaming brass on the altar"; "Nereids beneath the nitid moon"
Antonym: dull (indirect, via bright)
Noun gleaming has 2 senses
- gleam, gleaming, glimmer - a flash of light (especially reflected light)
--1 is a kind of flash
- gleam, gleaming, glow, lambency - an appearance of reflected light
--2 is a kind of radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency
Verb gleam has 3 senses
- glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine - be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening"
--1 is one way to look, appear, seem
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- gleam, glimmer - shine brightly, like a star or a light
--2 is one way to radiate
Sample sentences:
Lights gleam on the horizon
The horizon is gleaming with lights
- gleam - appear briefly; "A terrible thought gleamed in her mind"
--3 is one way to appear, come along
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
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