shine faintly
1shine — verb ADVERB ▪ brightly, brilliantly ▪ The sun was shining brightly. ▪ faintly ▪ briefly ▪ directly …
2faintly — adv. Faintly is used with these adjectives: ↑absurd, ↑amused, ↑audible, ↑comic, ↑comical, ↑embarrassed, ↑familiar, ↑golden, ↑ludicrous, ↑luminous, ↑menacing, ↑ …
3Glimmer — 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,… …
4Glimmered — 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 …
5Glimmering — 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 …
6glimpse — n. & v. n. (often foll. by of) 1 a momentary or partial view (caught a glimpse of her). 2 a faint and transient appearance (glimpses of the truth). v. 1 tr. see faintly or partly (glimpsed his face in the crowd). 2 intr. (often foll. by at) cast… …
7Shimmer — Shim mer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shimmered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shimmering}.] [OE. schimeren, AS. scimerian; akin to sc[=i]mian, sc[=i]man, to glitter, D. schemeren, G. schimmern, Dan. skimre, Sw. skimra, AS. sc[=i]ma a light, brightness, Icel.… …
8Shimmered — Shimmer Shim mer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shimmered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shimmering}.] [OE. schimeren, AS. scimerian; akin to sc[=i]mian, sc[=i]man, to glitter, D. schemeren, G. schimmern, Dan. skimre, Sw. skimra, AS. sc[=i]ma a light, brightness,… …
9Shimmering — Shimmer Shim mer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shimmered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shimmering}.] [OE. schimeren, AS. scimerian; akin to sc[=i]mian, sc[=i]man, to glitter, D. schemeren, G. schimmern, Dan. skimre, Sw. skimra, AS. sc[=i]ma a light, brightness,… …
10glimmer — {{11}}glimmer (n.) 1580s, from GLIMMER (Cf. glimmer) (v.). {{12}}glimmer (v.) early 14c., shine brightly, a frequentative from P.Gmc. *glim , root of O.E. glæm brightness (see GLEAM (Cf. gleam)). Sense shifted 15c. to shine faintly. Cf. Du.… …
