Glistening

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

  glistening \glistening\ adj.
     Reflecting light readily or in large amounts; having a
     surface luster; reflecting light directly rather than
     scattering it.
  
     Syn: glossy, nitid, sheeny, shiny.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  glistening
       adj : reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the
             horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the
             moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet";
             "shining white enamel" [syn: {glossy}, {lustrous}, {sheeny},
              {shiny}, {shining}]

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

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "glistening":
     blinking, blinky, burnished, coruscant, coruscating, gleaming,
     glimmering, glimmerous, glimmery, glistering, glittering, glittery,
     glossy, lustrous, polished, scintillant, scintillating,
     scintillescent, sheeny, shimmering, shimmery, shining, shiny,
     spangly, sparkling, tinselly, twinkling, twinkly