1. plural of gloam; periods of twilight, especially dusk or the time just after sunset
Usage: literary or poetic; chiefly British

1. third-person singular present tense of gloam; to grow dark or twilight; to become dusk
Usage: literary or poetic; archaic or rare

Examples

• The children played outside during the gloams of early autumn.
• As evening gloams approached, the birds returned to their nests.
• The sky gloams into shades of purple and orange.
• In the gloams between day and night, the landscape takes on a magical quality.
• The poet wrote about the melancholy beauty of the gloams.
• When the sun gloams below the horizon, the stars begin to appear.