GLANCED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of glance 2. to give a quick short look: 3. to shine, reflect…. Learn more.

Synonyms for GLANCED: bounced, rebounded, skipped, ricochetted, ricocheted, caromed, brushed, skimmed; Antonyms of GLANCED: stared, gazed, examined, surveyed, questioned, studied, viewed, peered

To direct the eyes at or toward something briefly: glanced in the rearview mirror. b. To read quickly or in cursory fashion: glanced at the menu. 2. a. To strike a surface at such an angle as to be deflected: A pebble glanced off the windshield. b. To shine over or through something at an angle: The sun glanced through the leaves. c.

The meaning of GLANCE is to take a quick look at something. How to use glance in a sentence.

When you glance at someone you take a quick peek at them. When a knife blow glances off you, it doesn't penetrate, but hits at an angle. When you glance at someone, it's often because you don't want to be caught staring. Remember: "Strangers in the night/exchanging glances..."

Definition of glance verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [intransitive] + adv./prep. to look quickly at something/somebody. She glanced at her watch. He glanced around the room. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.

A glance is a quick look at someone or something. We exchanged a glance. If you glance at something or someone, you look at them very quickly and then look away again immediately. …

Sunlight glanced off the surface of the pond. He gave me a quick/passing glance over his shoulder. I took/had a glance at the newspaper this morning. He stole/darted a glance at her [=he looked at her quickly] as she walked by. She was able to identify the problem at a glance.

to look quickly or briefly. a silver brooch glancing in the sunlight. The arrow glanced off his shield. to allude briefly to a topic or subject in passing (usually followed by at ). Archaic. glanced, …

She glanced nervously over her shoulder to make sure no one else was listening. I glanced at my watch for the 20th time that morning. He glanced at her sidelong and smiled. He glanced at …