Glisten

3 definitions found

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

  Glisten \Glis"ten\ (gl[i^]s"'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     {Glistened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glistening}.] [OE. glistnian,
     akin to glisnen, glisien, AS. glisian, glisnian, akin to E.
     glitter. See {Glitter}, v. i., and cf. {Glister}, v. i.]
     To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild,
     subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating


     light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars.
  
     Syn: See {Flash}.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  glisten
       n : the quality of glittering or sparkling brightly [syn: {glitter},
            {glister}, {scintillation}, {sparkle}]
       v : be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn: {glitter},
            {glint}, {gleam}, {shine}]

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

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "glisten":
     blink, blinking, coruscate, coruscation, firefly, glance, gleam,
     glimmer, glimmering, glint, glisk, glister, glitter, glittering,
     glow, glowworm, reflect, scintilla, scintillate, scintillation,
     shimmer, shimmering, shine, spangle, spark, sparkle,
     stroboscopic light, tinsel, twinkle, twinkling, wink