Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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flash | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
gleam | Yes | No | Yes | No |
flash (noun) | gleam (noun) |
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a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | an appearance of reflected light |
a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification | a flash of light (especially reflected light) |
a momentary brightness | |
a sudden brilliant understanding | |
a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story | |
a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate | |
a gaudy outward display | |
a sudden intense burst of radiant energy | |
a short vivid experience | |
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) |
flash (adjective) | gleam (adjective) |
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tastelessly showy |
flash (verb) | gleam (verb) |
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appear briefly | to shine with faint or brief light |
emit a brief burst of light | shine brightly, like a star or a light |
make known or cause to appear with great speed | be shiny, as if wet |
protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal | |
run or move very quickly or hastily | |
gleam or glow intermittently | |
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously | |
expose or show briefly |