glint

«glint» in Mova's school dictionary: To give out a small, quick flash of light — 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

verb (glint, glints, glinted, glinting); noun (a glint, glints)

meaning for a pupil

1) To give out a small, quick flash of light. tree →

2) (noun) A short bright flash of reflected light. tree →

3) (noun) A look in the eye showing a feeling such as anger, fun or a clever plan: «a glint in her eye». tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories glints of metal or eyes add tension: a knife glints in the dark, a villain's eyes glint. In science, glints are reflections of light from shiny surfaces such as water, glass and metal.

examples

• Something glinted in the grass – it was a coin! tree →
• The knight's sword glinted in the sun. tree →
• A glint of gold caught her eye. tree →
• The cat's eyes glinted in the torchlight. tree →
• He had a glint of mischief in his eye. tree →
• Sunlight glinted on the water. tree →
• "They glint on my banks at night. tree →

note

Regular verb: glinted. A glint is quicker and smaller than a gleam. Similar: sparkle, glimmer, flash.

In the corpora

• Far ahead they saw «a glint of the familiar old river».

Trees and pragmatics

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