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Synonyms
gleam (glēm)

[Middle English glem, from Old English glǣm.]

noun 

  1. A brief beam or flash of light: saw gleams of daylight through the cracks.
  2. A steady but subdued shining; a glow: the gleam of burnished gold.
  3. A brief or dim indication; a trace: a gleam of intelligence.

verb: gleamed, gleam·ing, gleams. 

intransitive verb 

  1. To emit a gleam; flash or glow: “It shone with gold and gleamed with ivory” (Edith Hamilton) See synonyms at flash
  2. To be manifested or indicated briefly or faintly.

transitive verb 

To cause to emit a flash of light.

derivatives

gleaḿer
noun