| Gleam 1. (v. i.) To disgorge filth, as a hawk. 2. (n.) A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse. 3. (n.) Brightness; splendor. 4. (v. t.) To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east. 5. (v. t.) To shine; to cast light; to glitter. 6. (v. t.) To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.). Thesaurus Entries beam, burn, coruscation, flare, flash, flicker, glance, glare, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, hint, indication, inkling, light, look, radiate, ray, scintilla, scintillate, scintillation, shaft, shimmer, shine, spark, sparkle, suggestion, trace, twinkle, vestige |