different between gleam vs fulmination
gleam
English
Etymology
- (noun) From Middle English gleme, from Old English glæm, from Proto-Germanic *glaimiz, from Proto-Indo-European *??ley-.
- (verb) Derived from the Middle English noun form before the first millennium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?li?m/
- Rhymes: -i?m
Noun
gleam (plural gleams)
- A small or indistinct shaft or stream of light.
- Synonyms: beam, ray
- (figuratively) A glimpse or hint; an indistinct sign of something.
- Synonyms: flicker, glimmer, trace
- Brightness or shininess; splendor.
- Synonyms: dazzle, lambency, shine
Translations
Verb
gleam (third-person singular simple present gleams, present participle gleaming, simple past and past participle gleamed) (intransitive)
- To shine; to glitter; to glisten.
- Synonyms: glint, sparkle, glow, shine
- To be briefly but strongly apparent.
- Synonyms: flare, flash, kindle
- (obsolete, falconry) To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
Translations
See also
- leam
References
- “gleam”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
- “gleam” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "gleam" in On-line Medical Dictionary, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1997–2005.
- "gleam" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
Anagrams
- Gamel, megal-
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fulmination
English
Etymology
From Middle French fulmination
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /f?lm??ne???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
fulmination (countable and uncountable, plural fulminations)
- The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
- The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.
- 1919, H. L. Mencken, The American Language, chapter 23
- It is curious, reading the fulminations of American purists of the last generation, to note how many of the Americanisms they denounced have not only got into perfectly good usage at home but even broken down all guards across the ocean.
- 1919, H. L. Mencken, The American Language, chapter 23
- That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure.
Related terms
- fulminate
- fulminator
- fulminating compound
- fulminic acid
Translations
Further reading
Wikipedia article on Explosive material
French
Noun
fulmination f (plural fulminations)
- fulmination
fulmination From the web:
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- what does culmination mean
- what us fulmination
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- what do fulmination mean
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