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• Shimmer — Shim mer, n. A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer. [1913 Webster] TWo silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused . . . a trembling twilight seeming shimmer through the quiet apartment. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• shimmer — [[t]ʃɪ̱mə(r)[/t]] shimmers, shimmering, shimmered VERB If something shimmers, it shines with a faint, unsteady light or has an unclear, unsteady appearance. The lights shimmered on the water... The trees shimmered in the afternoon heat. N SING… …   English dictionary

• shimmer — shimmeringly, adv. /shim euhr/, v.i. 1. to shine with or reflect a subdued, tremulous light; gleam faintly. 2. to appear to quiver or vibrate in faint light or while reflecting heat waves. n. 3. a subdued, tremulous light or gleam. 4. a quivering …   Universalium

• shimmer — shim•mer [[t]ˈʃɪm ər[/t]] v. i. 1) to shine with or reflect a soft, tremulous light 2) to appear to quiver in faint light or while reflecting heat waves 3) a soft, tremulous light or gleam 4) mer a quivering motion or image as produced by… …   From formal English to slang

• shimmer — 1. verb To shine with a veiled, tremulous, or intermittent light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to …   Wiktionary

• shimmer — v 1. glow, gleam faintly, shine; luminesce, incandesce, phosphoresce, make radiant or lustrous; illuminate, illumine, Archaic. illume, Obs. en lumine; brighten, light up, cast light upon, make brilliant or luminous; radiate, irradiate, effulge;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• shimmer — v. & n. v.intr. shine with a tremulous or faint diffused light. n. such a light. Derivatives: shimmeringly adv. shimmery adj. Etymology: OE scymrian f. Gmc: cf. SHINE …   Useful english dictionary

• glisten — glisteningly, adv. /glis euhn/, v.i. 1. to reflect a sparkling light or a faint intermittent glow; shine lustrously. n. 2. a glistening; sparkle. [bef. 1000; ME glis(t)nen (v.), OE glisnian, deriv. of glisian to GLITTER; see EN1] Syn. 1. glimmer …   Universalium

• flash — I. verb Etymology: Middle English flaschen, of imitative origin Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. rush, dash used of flowing water 2. to break forth in or like a sudden flame or flare 3. a. to appear suddenly < an idea flash …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• light — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I adj. airy (see levity); frivolous, jesting, jocular, lightsome; giddy, dizzy, flighty; wanton; nimble, agile; flippant, pert, insouciant; humorous; trivial. See cheerfulness, unimportance, impurity,… …   English dictionary for students

• shine — [OE] Shine and its Germanic relatives, German scheinen, Dutch schijnen, Swedish skina, and Danish skinne, go back to a prehistoric *skīnan. This was derived from *ski , a base which also produced English sheer and shimmer (sheen, despite its… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins