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Definition of glance : 1. A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark- colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance.
2. A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse.
3. A sudden flash of light or splendor.
4. An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
5. To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly.
6. To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view.
7. To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; - often with at.
8. To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.
9. To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye.
10. To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.
11. To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. Your arrow hath glanced.

Synonyms:

leaf through, glisten, look through, browse, flick, gander, preview, shimmer, scan, contemplate, dap, run through, investigate, peep, light, cast, eye contact, carom, flick through, take one look at, throw, steal a glance/look, words, gleam, glister, glint, sneak a look/glance etc. at, scintillate, fleeting impression, dart, give someone/something the once-over, spangle, coruscate, run down, study at flash, strike, shine, glimmer, sighting, dip into, flash, eye, wink, flip through, descry, twinkle, ricochet, skip, glitter, Coup D'oeil, graze, sparkle, look at, skim, survey

see (part of speech: verb)

look, perceive, discern, spy, stare, regard, inspect, peer, watch, gaze, observe, see, view, glimpse, sight, witness, glare, behold, peek

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