glimpse

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
glimpse
    n 1: a quick look [syn: {glance}, {glimpse}, {coup d'oeil}]
    2: a brief or incomplete view; "from the window he could catch a
       glimpse of the lake"
    3: a vague indication; "he caught only a glimpse of the
       professor's meaning"
    v 1: catch a glimpse of or see briefly; "We glimpsed the Queen
         as she got into her limousine"
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glimpse \Glimpse\, n. [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.]
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   1. A sudden flash; transient luster.
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            LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran. --Milton.
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   2. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary
      perception; a quick sight.
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            Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen. --S.
                                                  Rogers.
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   3. A faint idea; an inkling.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glimpse \Glimpse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glimpsed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Glimpsing}.]
   to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. --Drayton.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glimpse \Glimpse\, v. t.
   To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or
   hurried view of.
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         Some glimpsing and no perfect sight.     --Chaucer.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "glimpse":
      a little learning, amateurism, behold, blink, cast, cast a glance,
      catch sight of, clap eyes on, descry, dilettantism, dilettantship,
      discern, discover, distinguish, espy, flash, gander, glance,
      glance at, glimmering, glint, half an eye, half-learning,
      have in sight, imperfect knowledge, ken, lay eyes on, look on,
      look upon, make out, notice, observe, peek, peep, perceive,
      pick out, quick sight, rapid glance, recognize, sciolism, see,
      semi-learning, shallowness, sight, slant, slight knowledge,
      smattering, smattering of ignorance, smattering of knowledge, spot,
      spy, squiz, superficiality, surface-scratching, take in, twig,
      vague notion, view, wink, witness
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