glisten
11glisten — glis|ten [ˈglısən] v [: Old English; Origin: glisnian] to shine and look wet or oily glisten with ▪ The boy s back was glistening with sweat. ▪ glistening black hair [i]see usage note ↑gleam1 …
12glisten — [[t]glɪ̱s(ə)n[/t]] glistens, glistening, glistened 1) VERB If something glistens, it shines, usually because it is wet or oily. The calm sea glistened in the sunlight... [V with n] Darcy s face was white and glistening with sweat. [V ing] ...tubs …
13glisten — I. intransitive verb (glistened; glistening) Etymology: Middle English glistnen, from Old English glisnian; akin to Old English glisian to glitter, geolu yellow more at yellow Date: before 12th century to give off a sparkling or lustrous… …
14glisten — 1. verb to reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash 2. noun a …
15glisten — Synonyms and related words: blink, blinking, coruscate, coruscation, firefly, glance, gleam, glimmer, glimmering, glint, glisk, glister, glitter, glittering, glow, glowworm, reflect, scintilla, scintillate, scintillation, shimmer, shimmering,… …
16glisten — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. glister, gleam, glint, glitter, coruscate. See light. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shine, sparkle, shimmer, flicker, flash; see also shine 1 . See Synonym Study at flash . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) …
17glisten — glis|ten [ glısn ] verb intransitive if something glistens, it shines because it is wet or covered with oil: His forehead was glistening with sweat …
18glisten — v. n. Wright’s L. P. p. 36 …
19glisten — glis·ten || glɪsn n. glitter, sparkle, shine v. glitter, sparkle, shine …
20glisten — 1) singlet 2) tingles …
