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GLANCE definition: 1. to give a quick short look: 2. to shine, reflect light, or sparkle: 3. In cricket, if a batter…. Learn more.
1. a. : to take a quick look at something. glanced at his watch. b. of the eyes : to move swiftly from one thing to another. 2. : to strike a surface obliquely so as to go off at an angle. The bullet glanced off the wall. 3. a. : to make sudden quick movements. dragonflies glancing over the pond. b.
to look quickly or briefly. to gleam or flash: a silver brooch glancing in the sunlight. Synonyms: scintillate, glisten. to strike a surface or object obliquely, especially so as to bounce off at an angle (often followed by off ): The arrow glanced off his shield. Synonyms: ricochet, reflect.
Glance involves quick contact. When you glance at someone you take a quick peek at them. When a knife blow glances off you, it doesn't penetrate, but hits at an angle. When you glance at someone, it's often because you don't want to be caught staring.
If you glance at something or someone, you look at them very quickly and then look away again immediately.
1. ( intr) to look hastily or briefly. 2. ( intr; foll by over, through, etc) to look over briefly: to glance through a report. 3. ( intr) to reflect, glint, or gleam: the sun glanced on the water. 4. (usually foll by: off) to depart (from an object struck) at an oblique angle: the arrow glanced off the tree.
verb. glanced, glances, glancing. To direct the eyes at or toward something briefly. Glanced in the rearview mirror. American Heritage. To cause (an object) to strike a surface at an angle and be deflected. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To read quickly or in cursory fashion. Glanced at the menu. American Heritage.
Definition of glance noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
GLANCE definition: 1. to look somewhere for a short time: 2. to read something quickly: 3. a quick look: . Learn more.
Definition of glance verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
