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 Definitions for Shimmer: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Shimmer \Shim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shimmered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Shimmering.] [OE. schimeren, AS. scimerian; akin to
sc[imac]mian, sc[imac]man, to glitter, D. schemeren, G.
schimmern, Dan. skimre, Sw. skimra, AS. sc[imac]ma a light,
brightness, Icel. sk[imac]ma, Goth. skeima a torch, a
lantern, and E. shine. [root]157. See Shine, v. i.]
To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine
faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.
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The shimmering glimpses of a stream. --Tennyson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Shimmer \Shim"mer\, n.
A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.
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TWo silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused . . .
a trembling twilight-seeming shimmer through the quiet
apartment. --Sir W.
Scott.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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shimmer
n : a weak and tremulous light; "the shimmer of colors on
iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water"
[syn: play]
v 1: shine with a weak or fitful light; "Beech leaves shimmered
in the moonlight"
2: give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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33 Moby Thesaurus words for "shimmer":
blink, blinking, coruscate, coruscation, firefly, flicker, gleam,
glimmer, glimmering, glint, glisk, glisten, glister, glitter,
glittering, gloss, glow, glowworm, light, ripple, scintilla,
scintillate, scintillation, shimmering, shine, spangle, spark,
sparking, sparkle, stroboscopic light, tinsel, twinkle,
twinkling
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