Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
GLIMPSE
glance, glimpse, coup d'oeil
(noun) a quick look
glimpse
(noun) a brief or incomplete view; “from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake”
glimpse
(noun) a vague indication; “he caught only a glimpse of the professor’s meaning”
glimpse
(verb) catch a glimpse of or see briefly; “We glimpsed the Queen as she got into her limousine”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
glimpse (plural glimpses)
A brief look, glance, or peek.
A sudden flash.
A faint idea; an inkling.
Verb
glimpse (third-person singular simple present glimpses, present participle glimpsing, simple past and past participle glimpsed)
(transitive) To see or view briefly or incompletely.
(intransitive) To appear by glimpses.
Synonyms
• perceive, notice, detect, espy, spot, catch sight of
Anagrams
• megilps
Source: Wiktionary
Glimpse, n. Etym: [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.]
1. A sudden flash; transient luster. LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran. Milton.
2. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight. Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen. S. Rogers.
3. A faint idea; an inkling.
Glimpse, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glimpsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glimpsing.]
Definition: to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. Drayton.
Glimpse, v. t.
Definition: To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of. Some glimpsing and no perfect sight. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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