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{
"term": "gleam",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "gleam",
"heSheIt": "gleams"
},
"pastSimple": "gleamed",
"pastParticiple": "gleamed",
"ingForm": "gleaming"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to shine with a pale clear light",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The moonlight gleamed on the water."
},
{
"text": "Her eyes gleamed in the dark."
},
{
"text": "The knife's blade gleamed dully in the dark."
},
{
"text": "A light gleamed faintly from a first floor window."
},
{
"text": "The evening light gleamed softly through the window."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["dully", "faintly", "softly"],
"preposition": ["with"],
"phrases": ["gleam golden, white, etc."]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to look very clean or bright",
"sensetop": "gleam (with something)+ adj.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The house was gleaming with fresh white paint.",
"contextForm": "gleam (with something)"
},
{
"text": "Her teeth gleamed white against the tanned skin of her face.",
"contextForm": "+ adj."
},
{
"text": "The long oak table gleamed with polish."
},
{
"text": "The pebble beach gleamed white in the moonlight."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "if a person’s eyes gleam with a particular emotion, or an emotion gleams in a person’s eyes, the person shows that emotion",
"sensetop": "gleam (with something)gleam (in something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His eyes gleamed with amusement.",
"contextForm": "gleam (with something)"
},
{
"text": "Amusement gleamed in his eyes.",
"contextForm": "gleam (in something)"
},
{
"text": "Laughter gleamed in his eyes."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡliːm/",
"audio": "gl/gleam/gleam__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡliːmz/",
"audio": "gl/gleam/gleams__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡliːmd/",
"audio": "gl/gleam/gleamed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡliːmɪŋ/",
"audio": "gl/gleam/gleaming__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡliːm/",
"audio": "gl/gleam/gleam__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡliːmz/",
"audio": "gl/gleam/gleams__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡliːmd/",
"audio": "gl/gleam/gleamed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡliːmɪŋ/",
"audio": "gl/gleam/gleaming__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English glǣm ‘brilliant light’, of Germanic origin."
}