{
    "term": "gleam",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "gleam",
            "heSheIt": "gleams"
        },
        "pastSimple": "gleamed",
        "pastParticiple": "gleamed",
        "ingForm": "gleaming"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to shine with a pale clear light",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The moonlight gleamed on the water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her eyes gleamed in the dark."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The knife's blade gleamed dully in the dark."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A light gleamed faintly from a first floor window."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The evening light gleamed softly through the window."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["dully", "faintly", "softly"],
                "preposition": ["with"],
                "phrases": ["gleam golden, white, etc."]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to look very clean or bright",
            "sensetop": "gleam (with something)+ adj.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The house was gleaming with fresh white paint.",
                    "contextForm": "gleam (with something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her teeth gleamed white against the tanned skin of her face.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The long oak table gleamed with polish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pebble beach gleamed white in the moonlight."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "if a person’s eyes gleam with a particular emotion, or an emotion gleams in a person’s eyes, the person shows that emotion",
            "sensetop": "gleam (with something)gleam (in something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His eyes gleamed with amusement.",
                    "contextForm": "gleam (with something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Amusement gleamed in his eyes.",
                    "contextForm": "gleam (in something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Laughter gleamed in his eyes."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡliːm/",
                "audio": "gl/gleam/gleam__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡliːmz/",
                "audio": "gl/gleam/gleams__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡliːmd/",
                "audio": "gl/gleam/gleamed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡliːmɪŋ/",
                "audio": "gl/gleam/gleaming__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡliːm/",
                "audio": "gl/gleam/gleam__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡliːmz/",
                "audio": "gl/gleam/gleams__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡliːmd/",
                "audio": "gl/gleam/gleamed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡliːmɪŋ/",
                "audio": "gl/gleam/gleaming__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English glǣm ‘brilliant light’, of Germanic origin."
}