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# gleaming

«gleaming» in Mova's school dictionary: **Shining brightly because clean, polished or wet:…** — 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

adjective (gleaming); verb, -ing form of gleam (gleam, gleams, gleamed, gleaming)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Shining brightly because clean, polished or wet: «gleaming shoes». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleaming/#m1)

2) (verb) Giving out or reflecting a soft, bright light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleaming/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In descriptive writing, gleaming makes a picture of something shiny and new: a gleaming car, gleaming teeth, gleaming eyes. In The Wind in the Willows, Toad's new motor-car is gleaming and splendid; the river gleams in the sun. Eyes «gleaming» can show excitement or a sly plan.

### examples

- Toad stared at the gleaming motor-car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleaming/#x1)
- Her shoes were gleaming after she polished them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleaming/#x2)
- The river was gleaming in the sunlight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleaming/#x3)
- The cat's eyes were gleaming in the dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleaming/#x4)
- The kitchen was gleaming after we cleaned it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleaming/#x5)
- His teeth were gleaming white. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleaming/#x6)
- At no great distance, they beheld a river gleaming in the sunshine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleaming/#x7)

### note

Gleam: gleamed, gleaming. Similar: shining, glinting (small flashes), glistening (wet), sparkling, glowing.

### 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 «gleaming» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gleaming/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.