Definitions of glance [æns, glɑns]

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Definition of 'glance'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) glance
to look quickly or briefly.

2.  glance
to gleam or flash; scintillate.

3.  glance
to strike a surface or object obliquely, esp. so as to bounce off at an angle (often fol. by off):
The arrow glanced off his shield.

4.  glance
to allude briefly to a topic or subject in passing (usu. fol. by at).

5. (v.t.) glance
to throw, hit, kick, or shoot (something) so as to cause an oblique bounce off a surface or object.

6. (n.) glance
a quick or brief look:
She memorized the chart at a glance.

7.  glance
a gleam or flash, esp. of reflected light.

8.  glance
a deflected movement or course; an oblique rebound.

9.  glance
a passing reference or allusion.

Etymology: (1400–50; late ME; alter. (perh. influenced by obs. glent; see glint ) of ME glacen to strike a glancing blow < OF glacier to slip, slide < L glaciāre to freeze. See glacé)

Definition of 'glance'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) glance, glimpse, coup d'oeil
a quick look

2. (verb) glance, peek, glint
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
"She only glanced at the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting"

3. (verb) glance
hit at an angle

Definition of 'glance'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) glance
to look quickly
She glanced over at her brother.

2. (noun) glance
a quick look
a quick glance at his watch

3. glance
exchange glances
(of two people) to communicate by looking at each other
The boys exchanged glances.

4. glance
at a glance
looking at sth very quickly
These are the statistics at a glance.

Definition of 'glance'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) glance
a sudden flash of light or splendor

2. (noun) glance
a quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse

3. (noun) glance
an incidental or passing thought or allusion

4. (noun) glance
a name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance

5. (verb) glance
to shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash

6. (verb) glance
to strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. "Your arrow hath glanced"

7. (verb) glance
to look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view

8. (verb) glance
to make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; -- often with at

9. (verb) glance
to move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle

10. (verb) glance
to shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye

11. (verb) glance
to hint at; to touch lightly or briefly

Translation of 'glance'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to look very quickly He glanced at the book; He glanced over the accounts.
Afrikaans: vinnig kyk na, 'n blik we	Arabic: يَنْظُرُ نَظْرَةً خاطِفَه	Bulgarian: хвърлям поглед
Brazilian: dar uma vista de olhos	Czech: vrhnout letmý pohled	German: einen flüchtigen Blick we
Danish: kaste et blik	Greek: ρίχνω μια ματιά	Spanish: echar un vistazo, dar una
Estonian: pilku heitma	Farsi: نظر اجمالی انداختن	Finnish: vilkaista
French: jeter un coup d'oeil (à/s	Hebrew: להעיף מבט	Hindi: नजर डालना
Croatian: baciti pogled	Hungarian: pillant(ást vet)	Indonesian: melirik
Icelandic: kíkja á, líta sem snöggva	Italian: gettare uno sguardo, dare	Japanese: ちらりと見る
Korean: 흘끗 보다	Lithuanian: žvilgtelėti, peržvelgti	Latvian: uzmest acis; paskatīties
Malay: memandang sepintas lalu	Dutch: vluchtig kijken	Norwegian: kaste et blikk på, ta en
Polish: spojrzeć	Persian: نظر اجمالی انداختن	Pashto: كتل ( په يوه نظر ) اشاره
Portuguese: dar uma vista de olhos	Romanian: a arunca o privire (la/as	Russian: взглянуть
Slovak: vrhnúť letmý pohľad, prez	Slovenian: preleteti (z očmi)	Serbian: letimično pogledati
Swedish: kasta en blick,ögna	Thai: ชำเลือง	Turkish: göz atmak
Taiwanese: 匆匆一瞥	Ukrainian: кинути оком, глянути побі	Urdu: سرسری نظر ڈالنا
Vietnamese: liếc nhìn	Chinese: 匆匆一瞥
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