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glance
To turn (one's eyes or look) at something, often briefly.
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All Definitions for Glance

Below are all the dictionary definitions of glance:

1To turn (one's eyes or look) at something, often briefly.
2To look briefly at (something).
3To cause (light) to gleam or sparkle.
4(also figuratively) To cause (something) to move obliquely.
5(ball games) To hit (a ball) lightly, causing it to move in another direction.
6(cricket) To hit (a ball) with a bat held in a slanted manner
7Also, to play such a stroke against (the bowler).
8(figuratively) To communicate (something) using the eyes.
9(also figuratively) To strike and fly off in an oblique direction
10To dart aside.
11(cricket) To hit a ball with a bat held in a slanted manner.
12(ichthyology) Of certain juvenile fish, chiefly of the Cichlidae family: to rapidly touch the side of its parent's body, usually to feed on mucus.
13Of light, etc.: to gleam, to sparkle.
14Of a thing: to move in a way that catches light, and flash or glitter.
15(figuratively) Often followed by at: of the eyes or a person: to look briefly.
16(figuratively) Often followed by at: of a topic: to make an incidental or passing reflection on, often unfavourably
17To allude to
18To hint at.
19A brief or cursory look.
20A quick movement that catches light, and causes a flash or glitter
21Also, the flash or glitter.
22A stroke in which the ball is hit with a bat held in a slanted manner.
23Of certain juvenile fish, chiefly of the Cichlidae family: an act of rapidly touching the side of its parent's body, usually to feed on mucus.
24(obsolete) To touch (something) lightly or obliquely
25To graze.
26(obsolete) To make an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourably, on (a topic)
27Also, to make (an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourable).
28(obsolete) Followed by by: to pass near without coming into contact.
29(obsolete) To move quickly
30To dart, to shoot.
31An act of striking and flying off in an oblique direction
32A deflection.
33(figuratively) An incidental or passing allusion or thought, often unfavourable, expressed on a topic.
34Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre.
35Ellipsis of glance coal (“any hard, lustrous coal such as anthracite”). [(mineralogy) Any hard, lustrous coal such as anthracite.]

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About antonyms for glance

Finding the right antonym for glance helps writers create contrast, clarify meaning, and add depth to their work. Defined as "To turn (one's eyes or look) at something, often briefly.", glance has 0 opposite words that can be used to express contrasting ideas.

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