glimpse : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: glimpse	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for glimpse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glimpse n a quick look Synonym(s): glance, glimpse, coup d'oeil a brief or incomplete view; "from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake" a vague indication; "he caught only a glimpse of the professor's meaning" v catch a glimpse of or see briefly; "We glimpsed the Queen as she got into her limousine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glimpse \Glimpse\, n. [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.] 1. A sudden flash; transient luster. LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran. --Milton. 2. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight. Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen. --S. Rogers. 3. A faint idea; an inkling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glimpse \Glimpse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glimpsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glimpsing}.] to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. --Drayton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glimpse \Glimpse\, v. t. To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of. Some glimpsing and no perfect sight. --Chaucer.