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1. (v.i.) glisten
to reflect a sparkling light or a faint intermittent glow, as a sleek or wet surface; shine lustrously.
2. (n.) glisten
a glistening; sparkle.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME; akin to glisten)
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| Definition of 'glisten' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle
the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
2. (verb) glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine
be shiny, as if wet
"His eyes were glistening"
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1. (verb) glisten
to shine from being wet
Dew glistened on the grass.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) glisten
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
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Sense: to shine faintly or sparkle
His skin glistened with sweat.
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 Afrikaans: glinster, flikker |
 Arabic: يَلْمَع، يَتَلألأ |
 Bulgarian: блестя |
 Brazilian: luzir |
 Czech: lesknout se |
 German: glänzen |
 Danish: glinse |
 Greek: γυαλίζω, λαμποκοπώ |
 Spanish: brillar, relucir |
 Estonian: läikima |
 Farsi: برق زدن |
 Finnish: kiiltää |
 French: reluire |
 Hebrew: לִנצוֹץ |
 Hindi: चमकना |
 Croatian: svjetlucati, bljeskati |
 Hungarian: csillog |
 Indonesian: berkilat-kilat |
 Icelandic: glitra |
 Italian: luccicare |
 Japanese: きらりと光る |
 Korean: 반짝반짝 빛나다 |
 Lithuanian: blizgėti |
 Latvian: spīdēt |
 Malay: berkilat |
 Dutch: glimmen |
 Norwegian: skinne, glinse, funkle |
 Polish: lśnić |
 Persian: برق زدن |
 Pashto: ځلېدل |
 Portuguese: luzir |
 Romanian: a sclipi |
 Russian: блестеть |
 Slovak: lesknúť sa |
 Slovenian: lesketati se |
 Serbian: prigušeno sijati |
 Swedish: glänsa, glittra |
 Thai: ระยิบระยับ |
 Turkish: parıldamak, parlamak |
 Taiwanese: 閃爍 |
 Ukrainian: виблискувати |
 Urdu: چمکنا |
 Vietnamese: long lanh |
 Chinese: 闪烁 |
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