About The Word Glimmer
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Glimmer
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What's The Definition Of Glimmer?
[n] a flash of light (especially reflected light)
[v] shine brightly, like a star or a light Synonyms | Synonyms for Glimmer: gleam | gleam | gleaming Related Terms | Find terms related to Glimmer: blink | blinking | broad hint | clue | coruscate | coruscation | cue | firefly | gentle hint | gesture | glance | gleam | glimmering | glint | glisk | glisten | glister | glitter | glittering | glowworm | hint | implication | index | indication | inkling | innuendo | insinuation | intimation | kick | look | nod | nudge | prompt | scent | scintilla | scintillate | scintillation | shimmer | shimmering | sign | signal | spangle | spark | sparkle | spoor | stroboscopic light | suggestion | suspicion | symptom | telltale | tinsel | track | twinkle | twinkling | whisper | wink See Also | emit light | flash | radiate Glimmer In Webster's Dictionary \Glim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glimmered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Glimmering}.] [Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling
light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly,
glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See
{Gleam} a ray, and cf. {Glimpse}.]
To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly;
to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a
glimmering lamp.
The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. --Shak.
Syn: To gleam; to glitter. See {Gleam}, {Flash}.
\Glim"mer\, n. 1. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam. Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls. --Tennyson. 2. Mica. See {Mica}. --Woodsward. {Glimmer gowk}, an owl. [Prov. Eng.] --Tennyson. |
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