What does glisten mean?

Definitions for glisten
ˈglɪs ənglis·ten

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word glisten.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkleverb

    the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

  2. glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shineverb

    be shiny, as if wet

    "His eyes were glistening"

Wiktionary

  1. glistennoun

    a glittering shine; a scintillation, sparkle or flash

  2. glistenverb

    to reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash

  3. Etymology: From glisnian.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Glistenverb

    To shine; to sparkle with light.

    Etymology: glittan, German.

    The bleating kind
    Eye the bleak heaven, and next the glistening earth,
    With looks of dumb despair. James Thomson, Winter.

    The ladies eyes glistened with pleasure. Samuel Richardson, Pamela.

ChatGPT

  1. glisten

    Glisten refers to the act of shining, sparkling, or reflecting light due to wetness or a polished surface. It also can refer to the light or sparkle given off by something that is wet or polished.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Glistenverb

    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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Glisten

    glis′n, v.i. to glitter or sparkle with light: to shine.—n. glitter. [M. E. glis-ien, to shine—A.S. glisnian, to shine; cf. Dut. glinsteren.]

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Anagrams for glisten »

  1. niglets

  2. singlet

  3. sniglet

  4. tingles

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of glisten in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of glisten in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of glisten in a Sentence

  1. Founder Rosie Akauola-Fine:

    It’s been used for centuries and it’s used to glisten the body to beautify the dancer.

  2. John Keats:

    Tis the witching hour of night, Orbed is the moon and bright, And the stars they glisten, glisten, Seeming with bright eyes to listen For what listen they

  3. John Keats:

    Tis the witching hour of night, Orbed is the moon and bright, And the stars they glisten, glisten, Seeming with bright eyes to listen For what listen they?

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