Definition of "glance" in Anglais

verb

To turn (one's eyes or look) at something, often briefly.
To look briefly at (something).
To cause (light) to gleam or sparkle.
To cause (something) to move obliquely.
To communicate (something) using the eyes.
To touch (something) lightly or obliquely; to graze.
To make an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourably, on (a topic); also, to make (an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourable).
To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.
Of light, etc.: to gleam, to sparkle.
- She watched the spring sunlight glancing on the water of the pond.
Of a thing: to move in a way that catches light, and flash or glitter.
Often followed by at: of the eyes or a person: to look briefly.
- She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror.
Often followed by at: of a topic: to make an incidental or passing reflection on, often unfavourably; to allude to; to hint at.
Followed by by: to pass near without coming into contact.
To move quickly; to dart, to shoot.

noun

(also figuratively) A brief or cursory look.
(also figuratively) A quick movement that catches light, and causes a flash or glitter; also, the flash or glitter.
(cricket) A stroke in which the ball is hit with a bat held in a slanted manner.
(ichthyology) Of certain juvenile fish, chiefly of the Cichlidae family: an act of rapidly touching the side of its parent's body, usually to feed on mucus.
An act of striking and flying off in an oblique direction; a deflection.
An incidental or passing allusion or thought, often unfavourable, expressed on a topic.

noun

Ellipsis of glance coal (“any hard, lustrous coal such as anthracite”).
(obsolete except in the names of certain minerals) Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre.
- copper glance silver glance