v.
- shine brightly, especially with reflected light.
- (of an emotion) be expressed by a person's eyes.
n.
- a faint or brief light.
- a brief or faint instance of a quality or emotion.
Phrase
- a gleam in someone's eye
see eye.
Derivative
- gleaming adj.
- gleamingly adv.
- gleamy adj. (archaic).
Etymology
OE glæm ‘brilliant light’, of Gmc origin.