- glisten, glitter, shine
- شَعْشَعَ \ glisten, glitter, shine.
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
glisten, glitter, shine
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Glitter — Glit ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glittering}.] [OE. gliteren; akin to Sw. glittra, Icel. glitra, glita, AS. glitenian, OS. gl[=i]tan, OHG. gl[=i]zzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, and also to E. glint, glisten, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shine — [n] brightness; polish flash, glare, glaze, gleam, glint, glitz, gloss, lambency, light, luminosity, luster, patina, radiance, rub, sheen, shimmer, show, sparkle; concept 620 Ant. darkness, dullness shine [v1] give off or reflect light beam,… … New thesaurus
shine — Synonyms and related words: Amor, Christian love, Eros, Platonic love, admiration, adoration, affection, afterglow, agape, air glow, antic, ardency, ardor, array, attachment, bathtub gin, be born for, be bright, be master of, be somebody, be… … Moby Thesaurus
shine — 1. verb /ʃaɪn/ a) To emit light. My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shined at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team. b) To reflect light. I was grateful to you for giving him a years schooling… … Wiktionary
glisten — v. n.; (also glister) Sparkle, glitter, shine fitfully. See glance … New dictionary of synonyms
glitter — [n] brilliance, sparkle beam, brightness, coruscation, display, flash, gaudiness, glamour, glare, gleam, glint, glisten, glister, glitz, luster, pageantry, radiance, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, show, showiness, splendor, tinsel, twinkle … New thesaurus
glisten — O.E. glisnian to glisten, gleam, from P.Gmc. *glis (Cf. O.Fris. glisa to shine, M.H.G. glistern to sparkle, O.Dan. glisse to shine ), from PIE *ghleis , from root *ghel to shine, glitter, glow, be warm (see GLASS (Cf … Etymology dictionary
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;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
glitter — [glit′ər] vi. [ME gliteren, prob. < ON glitra, akin to Ger glitzern: for IE base see GLISTEN] 1. to shine with a sparkling light; be bright; glisten; sparkle 2. to be strikingly brilliant, showy, or attractive n. 1. a bright, sparkling light 2 … English World dictionary
glisten — [v] shimmer coruscate, flash, flicker, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glister, glitter, glow, scintillate, shine, sparkle, twinkle; concept 624 … New thesaurus
shine — 1. verb 1) the sun shone Syn: emit light, beam, radiate, gleam, glow, glint, glimmer, sparkle, twinkle, glitter, glisten, shimmer, flash, flare, glare, fluoresce; literary glister, coruscate … Thesaurus of popular words
