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gleam

(gl/i/m )

an appearance of reflected light(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
gleaming, glow, lambency

source: wordnet30
a flash of light (especially reflected light)(noun.event)

Synonym:
gleaming, glimmer

source: wordnet30
A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse.(noun)

source: webster1913

be shiny, as if wet(verb.perception)

Synonym:
glint, glisten, glitter, shine

source: wordnet30
shine brightly, like a star or a light(verb.perception)

Synonym:
glimmer

source: wordnet30
appear briefly(verb.change)

Example:
A terrible thought gleamed in her mind.

Synonym:
flash

source: wordnet30
To disgorge filth, as a hawk.(verb)

source: webster1913
To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east.(verb)

source: webster1913
To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.).(verb)

source: webster1913

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