gleaming

«gleaming» in Mova's school dictionary: Shining brightly because clean, polished or wet:… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (gleaming); verb, -ing form of gleam (gleam, gleams, gleamed, gleaming)

meaning for a pupil

1) Shining brightly because clean, polished or wet: «gleaming shoes». tree →

2) (verb) Giving out or reflecting a soft, bright light. tree →

sense in the lessons

In descriptive writing, gleaming makes a picture of something shiny and new: a gleaming car, gleaming teeth, gleaming eyes. In The Wind in the Willows, Toad's new motor-car is gleaming and splendid; the river gleams in the sun. Eyes «gleaming» can show excitement or a sly plan.

examples

• Toad stared at the gleaming motor-car. tree →
• Her shoes were gleaming after she polished them. tree →
• The river was gleaming in the sunlight. tree →
• The cat's eyes were gleaming in the dark. tree →
• The kitchen was gleaming after we cleaned it. tree →
• His teeth were gleaming white. tree →
• At no great distance, they beheld a river gleaming in the sunshine. tree →

note

Gleam: gleamed, gleaming. Similar: shining, glinting (small flashes), glistening (wet), sparkling, glowing.

In the corpora

• The Rat's laughter and his gleaming pistols cheer the Mole up.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gleaming» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.