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# gleam

«gleam» in Mova's school dictionary: **To shine softly or brightly, often by reflecting light:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (gleam, gleams, gleamed, gleaming); noun (a gleam, gleams)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To shine softly or brightly, often by reflecting light: «The polished car gleamed.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleam/#m1)

2) (noun) A soft light or shine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleam/#m2)

3) (noun) A small sign of a feeling or idea: «a gleam of hope», «a gleam in his eye». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleam/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories to describe shining things (swords, water, eyes, clean floors) and hope. «A gleam in his eye» often means a character has a clever or mischievous idea. In The Wind in the Willows the river gleams and sparkles in the sun.

### examples

- The river gleamed in the morning sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleam/#x1)
- Her eyes gleamed with excitement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleam/#x2)
- The kitchen floor was gleaming after we cleaned it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleam/#x3)
- A gleam of light shone under the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleam/#x4)
- There was a gleam of hope at last. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleam/#x5)
- Toad had a naughty gleam in his eye. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleam/#x6)
- A falling star gleamed across the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleam/#x7)

### note

Regular verb. Adjective: gleaming (gleaming white teeth). Similar: shine, glint (a quick small flash), glow (steady light without flame), glitter, sparkle.

### In the corpora

- [The Rat's laughter and his gleaming pistols cheer the Mole up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gleam» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleam/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.