gleaming (n.)

  1. a flash of light (especially reflected light)

    [ Syn: gleam , glimmer ]

  2. an appearance of reflected light

    [ Syn: gleam , glow , lambency ]

    gleaming (adj.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: agleam , nitid ]

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