gleaming
- noun
- /ˈɡliːmɪŋ/
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- Part of the move is the move from grass, granite and gleaming into gentlier.
Part of the move is the move from grass, granite and gleaming into gentlier.
- Part of the move is the move from grass, granite and gleaming into gentlier.
Examples
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"Meanwhile, a woman, White Stone Gleaming, had a dream and called the women together."
Fiction book (1992) -
Large gleaming cities are built today.
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Somewhat less political and more relaxed than much of his writing, On the Gleaming Way concluded with optimism and poetry.
Academic text (1994) -
Only White Stone Gleaming remained, and she told the Healers about the Dream and how First Man had come to her with the way to end the war.
Fiction book (1992) -
The helmet is still gleaming from the Rhine and it's got extra strips on the bowl of the helmet and a very wide neck guard.
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Rolling a slumberish sheet foam below, they saw the gleaming river seaward flow from the inner land.
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Cinemetrics: Twilight's Last Gleaming
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The surface of the lake was gleaming in the morning sun.
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She admired the gleaming trophy displayed on the shelf.
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The freshly waxed car was gleaming after the detailing service.
Synonyms
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2.9
A small, quick flash of light from a shiny surface
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3.4
A bright spot on a picture where light hits or reflects
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1.6
A bright shine that makes small flashes of light
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4.3
A shiny, gently glowing look on a surface like metal or porcelain
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4.1
A smooth, shiny surface that reflects light
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2.0
How bright and smooth a surface is when it sends back light
A very bright, strong light that shines from something
A very shiny smooth surface that reflects light brightly
A shiny, metallic look that appears on a surface as it ages
A soft, gentle light that seems to glow and move slightly
A bright or colored ring that appears around objects in a photo after editing
Antonyms
How Bright
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gleaming comes from the old word gleam, which meant 'a small bright light' and is like the common word 'glow'. So a gleaming is the shiny, bright look you notice when light reflects off something.