1. (

• gleam ,
• gleaming ,
• glimmer

) a flash of light (especially reflected light) ;

2. (

• gleam ,
• gleaming ,
• glow ,
• lambency

) an appearance of reflected light ;

1. (

• glitter ,
• glisten ,
• glint ,
• gleam ,
• shine ,

) be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" ;

2. (

• gleam ,
• glimmer

) shine brightly, like a star or a light ;

3. (

• gleam

) appear briefly; "A terrible thought gleamed in her mind" ;

1. (

• 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" ;