gleam

gleam meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

Examples of gleam in a sentence

• Sailing between Madagaſcar and Zeyloon (at or Near this place) in a dark night ſuddenly there happened a gleam of light, ſo bright that he could eaſily read by it.1677, Tho[mas] Herbert, Some Yeares Travels into Divers Parts of Africa, and Asia the Great. […], 4th edition, London: […] R. Everingham...
• VVhat a gloom hangs all around! the dying lamp feebly emits a yellovv gleam, no ſound is heard but of the chiming clock, or the diſtant vvatch-dog.1760, Oliver Goldsmith, “Letter CXIV. To the Same [From Lien Chi Altangi, to Fum Hoam, First President of the Ceremonial Academy at Pekin...
• But a faint and partial gleam of sunshine broke through the aperture, and made yet more cheerless the dreary aspect and gloomy appurtenances of the cell.1838, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], “The Novice”, in “Leila; or, The Siege of Granada”, in Leila; or, The Siege of Granada: And Calderon, the...
• And lo! as he looks, on the belfry's height / A glimmer, and then a gleam of light!1860, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Landlord’s Tale. Paul Revere’s Ride.”, in Tales of a Wayside Inn, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields...

All 40 example sentences with gleam

Synonyms of gleam

• leam
• flicker
• glimmer
• trace
• dazzle
• lambency
• shine
• glint
• glow
• sparkle

All synonyms of gleam

Forms of gleam

Plural of gleam: gleams

Origin of gleam

From Middle English glem, gleam, gleme (“shaft of light; part of a comet’s tail; reflected sparkle; dawn; daylight; radiance (physical or spiritual); something fleeting”), from Old English glǣm (“gleam”), from Proto-Germanic *glaimiz (“brightness; splendour”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Cognates * German Low German Gleem (“shine, luster, gloss”) * Faroese glæma (“gleam, glimmer”) * Old High German glīmen (“to glow, shine”); gleimo, glīmo (“glowworm”) (Middle High German glīme, gleime) * Old Saxon glīmo (“brightness”)

From Middle English glemen (“to shine; to glance, look”) [and other forms], from glem, gleam (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs). Cognate with German Low German glemen (“to glow, shine”).

A variant of Middle English gleimen, gleym (“to smear; to make slimy or sticky; to fill up (the stomach); to nauseate; of a slimy or viscous substance: to be stuck together; (figuratively) to captivate, ensnare; to infect with heresy”) [and other forms], probably a blend of glet (“slimy or viscous matter produced by animals; mucus, phlegm; congestion of mucus or phlegm in the body; viscosity”), gleu (“substance used to stick things together, glue; viscous medicine made from plants”), etc. + Old Norse kleima (“to daub, smear”) (whence Old English clǣman (“to smear”)) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *klaimijaną (“to smear with clay, to mortar”), from *klaimaz (“clay; mortar”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to glue, stick; to smear”)).

Words formed from gleam

• agleam
• gleamless
• gleamy
• weather-gleam
• foregleam
• gleamer
• gleaming
• gleamingly
• outgleam

Words that rhyme with gleam

• beam
• redeem
• steam
• cream
• stream
• scheme
• seam
• extreme
• meme
• ream
• regime
• upstream

Questions about gleam

What does gleam mean?

Gleam means an appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.

What is gleam in Tamil?

Gleam in Tamil is ஒளிக்கதிர், பளிச்சிடு, மினுமினுப்பு. See Gleam meaning in Tamil.

How do you use gleam in a sentence?

Sailing between Madagaſcar and Zeyloon (at or Near this place) in a dark night ſuddenly there happened a gleam of light, ſo bright that he could eaſily read by it.

What part of speech is gleam?

Gleam can be a noun or a verb.

How do you pronounce gleam?

Gleam is pronounced /ɡliːm/ (UK).

What is the plural of gleam?

The plural of gleam is gleams.