glance

English

/ɡlɑːns/, /ɡlæns/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To look briefly (at something).
  • (intransitive) To graze a surface.
  • To sparkle.
  • To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.
  • To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.
  • (soccer) To hit lightly with the head, make a deft header.
  • To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; often with at.
  • (ichthyology) A type of interaction between parent fish and offspring in which juveniles swim toward and rapidly touch the sides of the parent, in most cases feeding on parental mucus. Relatively few species glance, mainly some Cichlidae.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English glacen (graze, strike a glancing blow) derived from Old French glacier (make slippery, slip).

Origin

Old French

glacier

Gloss

make slippery, slip

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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