What (who) is glance - definition
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Glance (disambiguation); Glances
Glance
·noun A sudden flash of light or splendor.
II. Glance ·vt To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly.
III. Glance ·noun An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
IV. Glance ·noun A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse.
V. Glance ·vi To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view.
VI. Glance ·vt To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye.
VII. Glance ·vi To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. "Your arrow hath glanced".
- often with at.
X. Glance ·noun A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance.
XI. Glance ·vi To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to Twinkle.
glance
I. n.
1.
Glitter, gleam.
2.
Glimpse, transitory view, rapid look.
II. v. n.
1.
Glitter, gleam, shine, flash, coruscate, scintillate, glisten, glister.
2.
Flit, dart, appear and disappear.
3.
Dart aside, fly off obliquely.
4.
Snatch a glance, snatch a momentary look, look hurriedly.
5.
Make passing allusion, reflect upon, hint at, censure.
glance
I
n.
1) to cast, dart, shoot; steal a glance at
2) to exchange glances
3) an admiring; amused; casual, cursory, fleeting, passing; conspiratorial; disapproving, indignant; furtive, stolen, surreptitious; imploring; knowing; meaningful, significant; penetrating, probing, searching; quizzical; shy; sidelong; suspicious; wistful; withering glance
4) at a glance (I recognized her at a glance)
II
v.
1) ('to look') to glance admiringly; casually; furtively, surreptitiously; imploringly; indignantly; knowingly; meaningfully; quizzically; shyly; suspiciously
2) (d; intr.) ('to look') to glance at
3) (d; intr.) ('to ricochet') to glance off (the rock glanced off the window)
Wikipedia
Glance
Glance may refer to:
- Eye contact, a behavioral event related to vision
- USS Glance (1863), a Union Navy steamship during the American Civil War
- Glance, several minerals, including:
- Antimony glance (Stibnite)
- Bismuth glance (Bismutite)
- Cobalt glance (Cobaltite)
- Copper glance (Chalcocite)
- Iron glance (Hematite)
- Lead glance (Galena)
- Molybdenum glance (Molybdenite)
- Silver glance (Argentite)
- Glance (album), an album by Rose Kemp
- Glance, OpenStack's image service
- Glance (company), Indian software and content company
Pronunciation examples for glance
1. Not very interesting at first glance, and second glance,
Built on Bones _ Brenna Hassett _ Talks at Google
2. in one glance.
Religion and the Opening Up of the Mind _ Bishop Robert Barron _ Talks at Google
3. I glance down.
The Push - A Climber's Journey of Endurance _ Tommy Caldwell _ Talks at Google
4. just to take a glance.
Getting to Heaven from Silicon Valley _ Francis Chan _ Talks at Google
5. We glance at our phones.
Broadway's Dear Evan Hansen _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of glance
1. Immigration officials barely glance at them anyway.
2. Budget 2008: At–a–glance guide to the Chancellor‘s key measures Budget 2008: At–a–glance guide to the Chancellor‘s key measures
3. At first glance, they seem at a distinct disadvantage.
4. Occasionally there is a hostile glance, a doubtful remark.
5. This is my entire "security doctrine" at a glance.