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shimmer
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shim·mer  (shmr)
intr.v. shim·mered, shim·mer·ing, shim·mers
1. To shine with a subdued flickering light. See Synonyms at flash.
2. To appear as a wavering or flickering image, as in a reflection on water or through heat waves in air.
n.
A flickering or tremulous light; a glimmer.

[Middle English shimeren, from Old English scimerian.]

shimmer·ing·ly adv.
shimmer·y adj.

shimmer [ˈʃɪmə]
vb
(intr) to shine with a glistening or tremulous light
n
a faint, glistening, or tremulous light
[Old English scimerian; related to Middle Low German schēmeren to grow dark, Old Norse skimi brightness]
shimmering  adj
shimmeringly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.shimmershimmer - a weak and tremulous light; "the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water"
alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"
Verb1.shimmer - shine with a weak or fitful light; "Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight"
beam, shine - emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces"
2.shimmer - give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, shine - be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening"

shimmer
verb
gleam, twinkle, glimmer, dance, glisten, scintillate The lights shimmered on the water.
noun
gleam, glimmer, iridescence, unsteady light a shimmer of starlight
Translations
shimmer [ˈʃɪməʳ]
A. Nluz f trémula, brillo m
B. VIrielar, relucir

shimmer [ˈʃɪmər]

shimmer
nSchimmer m
vischimmern

shimmer [ˈʃɪməʳ] vi (gen) → luccicare, scintillare; (heat haze) → tremolare
shimmer [ˈʃɪməʳ] vi (gen) → luccicare, scintillare; (heat haze) → tremolare

shimmer
v shimmer [ˈʃimə]
to shine with a quivering or unsteady light The moonlight shimmered on the lake. weerkaats يَلْمَع، يَلْتَمِع блещукам mihotat se flimre schimmern σιγολαμπυρίζω, τρεμοφέγγω brillar, relucir helkima سوسوزدن kimmeltää miroiter לְנַצנֵץ בְּאוֹר קָלוּש टिमटिमाना treperenje, svjetjucanje pislákol berkedip-kedip glitra brillare ゆらめく 희미하게 반짝이다 mirguliuoti mirgot; mirguļot kilauan glinsteren flimre, glitre migotać brilhar a sclipi; a licări мерцать blikať svetlikati se treperiti skimra, glimra ส่องแวววาว parıldamak 閃爍 блимати, мерехтіти جھلملانا lung linh


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