1. Shine brightly, like a star or a light
   "Hope gleamed in her eyes";
   - glimmer
    
2. Be shiny, as if wet
   "His eyes were gleaming";
   - glitter, glisten, glint, shine
    
3. To shine with faint or brief light
   "A terrible thought gleamed in her mind"

1. An appearance of reflected light
   "The gleam of the moonlight on the lake created a magical atmosphere";
   - gleaming, glow, lambency
    
2. A flash of light (especially reflected light)
   "A gleam of silver caught her eye";
   - gleaming, glimmer

Derived forms: gleaming, gleams, gleamed

Type of: appear, come along, effulgence, flash, look, radiance, radiancy, radiate, refulgence, refulgency, seem, shine

Encyclopedia: Gleam