'Gleaming' definitions:
Definition of 'gleaming'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Gleaming'
From: GCIDE
- Gleam \Gleam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gleamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gleaming.]
- 1. To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To shine; to cast light; to glitter.
- Syn: To Gleam, Glimmer, Glitter.
- Usage: To gleam denotes a faint but distinct emission of light. To glimmer describes an indistinct and unsteady giving of light. To glitter imports a brightness that is intense, but varying. The morning light gleams upon the earth; a distant taper glimmers through the mist; a dewdrop glitters in the sun. See Flash. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gleaming'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aglow,
- beaming,
- beamy,
- blushing,
- bright and sunny,
- buffed,
- burning,
- burnished,
- candescent,
- finished,
- flushing,
- furbished,
- glace,
- glassy,
- glazed,
- gleamy,
- glinting,
- glistening,
- glossy,
- glowing,
- illuminant,
- incandescent,
- irradiative,
- lacquered,
- lamping,
- light as day,
- luciferous,
- lucific,
- luciform,
- luminant,
- luminative,
- luminiferous,
- luminificent,
- luminous,
- lustrous,
- orient,
- polished,
- radiant,
- rubbed,
- rutilant,
- rutilous,
- satiny,
- sheeny,
- shellacked,
- shining,
- shiny,
- silken,
- silky,
- sleek,
- slick,
- starbright,
- starlike,
- starry,
- streaming,
- suffused,
- sunny,
- sunshiny,
- varnished,
- velvety