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Glance

Verb

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1.VerbTo turn (one's eyes or look) at something, often briefly. To look briefly at (something). To cause (light) to gleam or sparkle. To cause (something) to move obliquely. To hit (a ball) lightly, causing it to move in another direction. To hit (a ball) with a bat held in a slanted manner; also, to play such a stroke against (the bowler). To communicate (something) using the eyes. To touch (something) lightly or obliquely; to graze. To make an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourably, on (a topic); also, to make (an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourable).
2.VerbTo turn (one's eyes or look) at something, often briefly.
3.VerbTo look briefly at (something).
4.VerbTo cause (light) to gleam or sparkle.
5.VerbTo cause (something) to move obliquely. To hit (a ball) lightly, causing it to move in another direction. To hit (a ball) with a bat held in a slanted manner; also, to play such a stroke against (the bowler).
6.VerbTo hit (a ball) lightly, causing it to move in another direction.
7.VerbTo hit (a ball) with a bat held in a slanted manner; also, to play such a stroke against (the bowler).
8.VerbTo communicate (something) using the eyes.
9.VerbTo touch (something) lightly or obliquely; to graze. To make an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourably, on (a topic); also, to make (an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourable).
10.VerbTo touch (something) lightly or obliquely; to graze.
11.VerbTo make an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourably, on (a topic); also, to make (an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourable).
12.VerbTo strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. To hit a ball with a bat held in a slanted manner. Of certain juvenile fish, chiefly of the Cichlidae family: to rapidly touch the side of its parent's body, usually to feed on mucus. Of light, etc.: to gleam, to sparkle.
"She watched the spring sunlight glancing on the water of the pond.; She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror."
13.VerbTo strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. To hit a ball with a bat held in a slanted manner. Of certain juvenile fish, chiefly of the Cichlidae family: to rapidly touch the side of its parent's body, usually to feed on mucus.
14.VerbTo hit a ball with a bat held in a slanted manner.
15.VerbOf certain juvenile fish, chiefly of the Cichlidae family: to rapidly touch the side of its parent's body, usually to feed on mucus.
16.VerbOf light, etc.: to gleam, to sparkle.
"She watched the spring sunlight glancing on the water of the pond."
17.VerbOf a thing: to move in a way that catches light, and flash or glitter.
18.VerbOften followed by at: of the eyes or a person: to look briefly.
"She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror."
19.VerbOften followed by at: of the eyes or a person: to look briefly.
"She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror."
20.VerbOften followed by at: of a topic: to make an incidental or passing reflection on, often unfavourably; to allude to; to hint at.
21.VerbFollowed by by: to pass near without coming into contact. To move quickly; to dart, to shoot.
22.VerbFollowed by by: to pass near without coming into contact.
23.VerbTo move quickly; to dart, to shoot.
24.NounA brief or cursory look.
25.NounA quick movement that catches light, and causes a flash or glitter; also, the flash or glitter.
26.NounA stroke in which the ball is hit with a bat held in a slanted manner.
27.NounOf certain juvenile fish, chiefly of the Cichlidae family: an act of rapidly touching the side of its parent's body, usually to feed on mucus.
28.NounAn act of striking and flying off in an oblique direction; a deflection. An incidental or passing allusion or thought, often unfavourable, expressed on a topic.
29.NounAn act of striking and flying off in an oblique direction; a deflection.
30.NounAn incidental or passing allusion or thought, often unfavourable, expressed on a topic.
31.NounEllipsis of glance coal (“any hard, lustrous coal such as anthracite”).
32.NounAny of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre.
"copper glance    silver glance"
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