GLANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glance mean? 

• GLANCE (noun)
  The noun GLANCE has 1 sense:

1. a quick look

  Familiarity information: GLANCE used as a noun is very rare.

• GLANCE (verb)
  The verb GLANCE has 2 senses:

1. throw a glance at; take a brief look at

2. hit at an angle

  Familiarity information: GLANCE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A quick look

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

coup d'oeil; glance; glimpse

Hypernyms ("glance" is a kind of...):

look; looking; looking at (the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glance"):

eye-beaming (a radiant glance of the eye)

side-glance; side-look (a glance sideways)

Derivation:

glance (throw a glance at; take a brief look at)

• GLANCE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they glance    ... he / she / it glances   
Past simple: glanced   
Past participle: glanced   
-ing form: glancing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Throw a glance at; take a brief look at

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

glance; glint; peek

Context example:

I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting

Hypernyms (to "glance" is one way to...):

look (perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

They glance up the hill

Derivation:

glance (a quick look)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hit at an angle

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "glance" is one way to...):

collide with; hit; impinge on; run into; strike (hit against; come into sudden contact with)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

 Context examples 

I shall glance into the case for you, said Holmes, rising, and I have no doubt that we shall reach some definite result.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But Haythorne, with a glance at the stove, pulled on his cap and mittens.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“What shall I do, then?” she asked, detecting the anxious glance I had shot at the object of our conversation, and impressed, I flatter myself, with the earnestness of my manner.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Holmes glanced over them and returned them.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

No veiled future dimly glanced upon him in the moonbeams.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Henry made no reply, and plodded on alone, though often he cast anxious glances back into the grey solitude where his partner had disappeared.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

As she passed the art table, she glanced over it for her sister's things, but saw no sign of them.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A glance was sufficient to show how many remained, for the great earth chests were bulky, and there was no mistaking them.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

His first glance was for Buck, over whose limp and apparently lifeless body Nig was setting up a howl, while Skeet was licking the wet face and closed eyes.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

As we walked rapidly down Howe Street I glanced back at the building which we had left.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)