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gleen

gleen verb: to glisten; to gleam.

Verb

gleen (third-person singular simple present gleens, present participle gleening, simple past and past participle gleened)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To glisten; to gleam.
    • The sweaty forge, who edge the crooked scythe,
      Bend stubborn steel , and harden gleening armour1709, Mat[thew] Prior, “The First Hymn of Callimachus to Jupiter”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC

Forms of gleen

third-person singular presentgleens
present participlegleening
past participlegleened
pastgleened

Origin of gleen

Compare glance, glint.

Questions about gleen

What does gleen mean?
Gleen means to glisten; to gleam.
What part of speech is gleen?
Gleen is a verb.
What is the past tense of gleen?
The past tense of gleen is gleened.

Words near gleen in the dictionary

  1. gleem
  2. gleemaiden
  3. gleemaidens
  4. gleeman
  5. gleemen
  6. gleen
  7. gleened
  8. gleening
  9. gleens
  10. gleeps
  11. glees

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