glance

/glɑːns/ verb

Definition

glance at/around/towards, etc › to look somewhere for a short time: He glanced at his watch.

glance at/over/through, etc › to read something quickly: She glanced through the newspaper.

(Definition of glance verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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