beetroot vs gleam

beetroot

verb
  • To turn a bright red or purple colour. 

noun
  • A normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating; Synonym of beet. 

  • The edible part of the root of a beet plant, raw or prepared. 

gleam

verb
  • To shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner; to glisten, to glitter. 

  • Chiefly in conjunction with an adverb: to cause (light) to shine. 

  • To be strongly but briefly apparent. 

noun
  • A bright, but intermittent or short-lived, appearance of something. 

  • An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived. 

  • A look of joy or liveliness on one's face. 

  • An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint. 

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