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 Definitions for Glimmering: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Glimmer \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.
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The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. --Shak.
Syn: To gleam; to glitter. See Gleam, Flash.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Glimmering \Glim"mer*ing\, n.
1. Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer. --South.
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2. A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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glimmering
adj : shining softly and intermittently; "the glimmering mist of a
spring rain splashed by sun and streaked by rainbow"-
Claudia Cassidy; "glimmering candlelight" [syn: glimmery]
n : a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no
inkling what was about to happen" [syn: inkling, intimation,
glimmer]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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83 Moby Thesaurus words for "glimmering":
a little learning, amateurism, blink, blinking, blinky, broad hint,
clue, coruscant, coruscating, coruscation, cue, dilettantism,
dilettantship, firefly, gentle hint, gesture, glimmer, glimmerous,
glimmery, glimpse, glisten, glistening, glister, glistering,
glitter, glittering, glittery, glowworm, half-learning, hint,
imperfect knowledge, implication, index, indication, inkling,
innuendo, insinuation, intimation, kick, look, nod, nudge, prompt,
scent, scintilla, scintillant, scintillating, scintillation,
scintillescent, sciolism, semi-learning, shallowness, shimmer,
shimmering, shimmery, sign, signal, slight knowledge, smattering,
smattering of ignorance, smattering of knowledge, spangle, spangly,
spark, sparkle, sparkling, spoor, stroboscopic light, suggestion,
superficiality, surface-scratching, suspicion, symptom, telltale,
tinsel, tinselly, track, twinkle, twinkling, twinkly, vague notion,
whisper, wink
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