gleam
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an appearance of reflected light
Types & categories
- radiancy hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
be shiny, as if wet
His eyes were glistening
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a flash of light (especially reflected light)
Types & categories
- flash hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
shine brightly, like a star or a light
Types & categories
- radiate hypernym
Related & opposite
- gleaming derivation
Sense 5 verb
appear briefly
A terrible thought gleamed in her mind
Types & categories
- come along hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | glow |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | aglowp |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | radiancy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | glitter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flicker |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | appear |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spangle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shimmer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | glimmer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | glimmery |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | flash |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | gleaming |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | radiate |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | come along |