silmäillä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- glance verb To take a quick, brief look at something.
- glimpse noun A brief, incomplete view of something.
- leer verb To look at someone sideways in a way that suggests sexual desire or ill intent.
- scan verb To look over something quickly, often searching for particular information.
- skim verb To read something quickly, picking up only the main points.
Senses
silmäillä is used for these senses in English:
- glance To look briefly at (something).
- glimpse To see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely.
- leer (intransitive) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.
- scan (transitive) To look about for; to look over quickly. [from 19th C.]
- skim (transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.
glance — full definition
- verb To take a quick, brief look at something.
- verb To strike something at an angle and bounce off in another direction, rather than hitting it straight on.
- noun A quick, brief look.
glimpse — full definition
- noun A brief, incomplete view of something.
- verb To see something briefly and incompletely.
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