to glance at
41glance — glance1 verb 1》 take a brief or hurried look. ↘(glance at/through) read quickly or cursorily. 2》 (often glance off) strike at an angle and bounce off obliquely. noun 1》 a brief or hurried look. 2》 archaic a flash or gleam of light. 3》 Cricket …
42glance — 1. verb 1) Rachel glanced at him Syn: look briefly, look quickly, peek, peep; glimpse; informal have a gander 2) I glanced through the report Syn: read quickly, scan, skim through, leaf through, flip through …
43glance — [[t]glæns, glɑns[/t]] v. glanced, glanc•ing, n. 1) to look quickly or briefly 2) to gleam or flash; scintillate 3) to strike a surface or object obliquely, esp. so as to bounce off at an angle (often fol. by off): The arrow glanced off his… …
44glance — I. /glæns / (say glans), /glans / (say glahns) verb (glanced, glancing) –verb (i) 1. to look quickly or briefly. 2. to gleam or flash. 3. to go off in an oblique direction from an object struck: the blow glanced off his chest. 4. to allude… …
45glance — [15] ‘Touch or deflect lightly’, as in ‘glance off something’ and a ‘glancing blow’, is the primary meaning of glance; ‘look briefly’ did not develop until the 16th century. The word may have originated as an alteration of the Middle English verb …
46glance — See: AT FIRST GLANCE or AT FIRST SIGHT …
47glance — See: AT FIRST GLANCE or AT FIRST SIGHT …
48Glance coal — Coal Coal (k[=o]l), n. [AS. col; akin to D. kool, OHG. chol, cholo, G. kohle, Icel. kol, pl., Sw. kol, Dan. kul; cf. Skr. jval to burn. Cf. {Kiln}, {Collier}.] 1. A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or… …
49glance — glance1 /glans, glahns/, v., glanced, glancing, n. v.i. 1. to look quickly or briefly. 2. to gleam or flash: a silver brooch glancing in the sunlight. 3. to strike a surface or object obliquely, esp. so as to bounce off at an angle (often fol. by …
50glance — 1. verb /ɡlɑːns/lang=en/ɡlæns/lang=en a) To look briefly (at something). She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror. b) To graze a surface. The spring sunlight was glancing on the water of the pond. Syn …
