Glance
31glance — I. /glæns / (say glans), /glans / (say glahns) verb (glanced, glancing) –verb (i) 1. to look quickly or briefly. 2. to gleam or flash. 3. to go off in an oblique direction from an object struck: the blow glanced off his chest. 4. to allude… …
32glance — [15] ‘Touch or deflect lightly’, as in ‘glance off something’ and a ‘glancing blow’, is the primary meaning of glance; ‘look briefly’ did not develop until the 16th century. The word may have originated as an alteration of the Middle English verb …
33glance — See: AT FIRST GLANCE or AT FIRST SIGHT …
34glance — See: AT FIRST GLANCE or AT FIRST SIGHT …
35glance — glance1 /glans, glahns/, v., glanced, glancing, n. v.i. 1. to look quickly or briefly. 2. to gleam or flash: a silver brooch glancing in the sunlight. 3. to strike a surface or object obliquely, esp. so as to bounce off at an angle (often fol. by …
36glance — 1. verb /ɡlɑːns/lang=en/ɡlæns/lang=en a) To look briefly (at something). She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror. b) To graze a surface. The spring sunlight was glancing on the water of the pond. Syn …
37glance — See glance, glimpse …
38glance at — phr verb Glance at is used with these nouns as the object: ↑clock, ↑gauge, ↑reflection, ↑watch …
39glance in — phr verb Glance in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑direction, ↑mirror …
40glance — See: at first glance or at first sight …
