Glimmering

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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