Толковый словарь английского языка - glance
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I. verb (~d; glancing) Etymology: Middle English glencen, glenchen Date: 15th century intransitive verb to strike a surface obliquely so as to go off at an angle , 2. to make sudden quick movements , to flash or gleam with quick intermittent rays of light , to touch on a subject or refer to it briefly or indirectly , 4. to move swiftly from one thing to another, to take a quick look at something , transitive verb 1. archaic to take a quick look at, to catch a glimpse of, to give an oblique path of direction to:, to throw or shoot so that the object ~s from a surface, to aim (as an innuendo) indirectly ; insinuate , ~r noun II. noun Date: 1503 1. a quick intermittent flash or gleam, a sudden quick movement, 2. a rapid oblique movement, a deflected impact or blow, 3. a swift movement of the eyes, a quick or cursory look, 4. archaic a brief satirical reference to something ; gibe , allusion
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1. v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (often foll. by down, up, etc.) cast a momentary look (glanced up at the sky). 2 intr. (often foll. by off) (esp. of a weapon) glide or bounce (off an object). 3 intr. (usu. foll. by over, off, from) (of talk or a talker) pass quickly over a subject or subjects (glanced over the question of payment). 4 intr. (of a bright object or light) flash, dart, or gleam; reflect (the sun glanced off the knife). 5 tr. (esp. of a weapon) strike (an object) obliquely. 6 tr. Cricket deflect (the ball) with an oblique stroke. --n. 1 (usu. foll. by at, into, over, etc.) a brief look (took a glance at the paper; threw a glance over her shoulder). 2 a a flash or gleam (a glance of sunlight). b a sudden movement producing this. 3 a swift oblique movement or impact. 4 Cricket a stroke with the bat's face turned slantwise to deflect the ball. Phrases and idioms at a glance immediately upon looking. glance at 1 give a brief look at. 2 make a passing and usu. sarcastic allusion to. glance one's eye (foll. by at, over, etc.) look at briefly (esp. a document). glance over (or through) read cursorily. Derivatives glancingly adv. Etymology: ME glence etc., prob. a nasalized form of obs. glace in the same sense, f. OF glacier to slip: see GLACIS 2. n. any lustrous sulphide ore (copper glance; lead glance). Etymology: G Glanz lustre ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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