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glancing over

glancing over is the present participle and gerund of glance over.

Meaning of glance over

Verb

glance over (third-person singular simple present glances over, present participle glancing over, simple past and past participle glanced over)

  1. (transitive) to quickly inspect something (newspaper, notes) with the eyes
    • "There are other people coming besides the Princess Ziska, are there not, Mr. Murray?" inquired Sir Chetwynd Lyle, with an obtrusively bantering air. Denzil Murray glanced him over disdainfully.1897, Marie Corelli, “Chapter I”, in Ziska: The Problem of a Wicked Soul, New York: Stone & Kimball, page 36

Questions about glancing over

What is glancing over the present participle and gerund of?
Glancing over is the present participle and gerund of glance over.

Words near glancing over in the dictionary

  1. glanceth
  2. glancin'
  3. glancing
  4. glancing away
  5. glancing off
  6. glancing over
  7. glancingly
  8. glancings
  9. Glancy
  10. Glancys
  11. gland

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