- glance
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ backward, sidelong, sideways▪
She cast a sidelong glance at Fern.
▪ brief, cursory, fleeting, quick, swift▪After a cursory glance at the report he frowned.
▪ casual▪ covert, furtive, nervous, surreptitious▪The man walked slowly along, casting furtive glances behind him.
▪ accusing, angry, baleful, disapproving, reproachful, scornful, sharp, suspicious, withering▪Meena threw him an angry glance.
▪ curious, puzzled, questioning, quizzical▪ admiring, approving▪ knowing▪ meaningful▪The couple exchanged meaningful glances but said nothing.
▪ amused, wry▪ anxious, nervous, worriedVERB + GLANCE▪ cast (sb), dart, give (sb/sth), have, shoot (sb), steal, take, throw (sb)▪He gave her a mocking glance.
▪I had a quick glance at the article, but I haven't read it yet.
▪He stole a sidelong glance at the young woman sitting next to him on the train.
▪She took one last glance in the mirror and then left.
▪ exchange▪They exchanged knowing glances.
▪ catch▪I caught the teacher's glance and nearly burst into nervous laughter.
▪ attract, draw▪Their car attracted admiring glances wherever they went.
GLANCE + VERB▪ move▪Her glance flickered briefly across to the group standing at the other side of the street.
▪ meet▪Their glances met, then they both looked away.
▪ fall on sb/sth, rest on sb/sth▪His glance fell on a pile of papers at one side of the desk.
PREPOSITION▪ at a glance▪The software allows you to see at a glance what fonts you have on the computer.
▪ with a glance▪With a quick glance at the time, she stood up and prepared to leave.
▪ without a glance▪He left without a backward glance.
▪ glance at▪A glance at my watch told me it was already past six o'clock.
▪ glance of▪He ignored my glance of disapproval.
▪ glance over▪He kept throwing nervous glances over his shoulder.
PHRASES▪ at first glance▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}At first glance the contract seemed to be fine.
verbADVERB▪ briefly, quickly, sharply▪Norton glanced sharply at him.
▪ anxiously, fearfully, nervously▪She glanced nervously over her shoulder.
▪ curiously▪He glanced curiously around him.
▪ covertly▪He glanced covertly at his watch.
▪ barely, hardly▪She barely glanced at him.
▪ down, up▪She glanced up at him.
VERB + GLANCE▪ pause to, turn to▪He turned to glance in our direction.
▪ happen to▪At that moment she happened to glance up.
PREPOSITION▪ about (esp. BrE), around, round (esp. BrE)▪She glanced around the room.
▪ across, over▪She glanced across to where the others were standing chatting.
▪ at▪She glanced briefly at his lapel badge.
▪ towards/toward▪He glanced towards/toward the kitchen.
Glance is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑eye
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
