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The Meaning of glance
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(n.) A sudden flash of light or splendor.
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(n.) A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse.
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(n.) An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
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(n.) A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance.
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(v. i.) To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.
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(v. i.) To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. \"Your arrow hath glanced\".
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(v. i.) To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view.
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(v. i.) To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; -- often with at.
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(v. i.) To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.
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(v. t.) To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye.
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(v. t.) To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly.
Synonyms
glimpse
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coup d'oeil
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gleam
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glisten
,
shine
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glitter
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peek
,
glint
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look
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behold
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discern
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inspect
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see
,
view
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contemplate
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gaze
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regard
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stare
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watch
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descry
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scan
,
survey
Rhymes
advance
,
anse
,
askance
,
chance
,
circumstance
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crance
,
dance
,
enhance
,
expanse
,
finance
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france
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freelance
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hance
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hanse
,
happenstance
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lafrance
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lance
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mance
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manse
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nance
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perchance
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pomerance
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pomeranz
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prance
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rance
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refinance
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romance
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schanz
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schranz
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stance
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trance
,
underfinance
,
vance