Found 2 items, similar to Shimmered.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: shimmer
shimmer
n : a weak and tremulous light;
“the shimmer of colors on
iridescent feathers”;
“the play of light on the water”
[syn:
play]
v 1: shine with a weak or fitful light;
“Beech leaves shimmered
in the moonlight”
2: give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Shimmered
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, Icel. sk[=i]ma, Goth. skeima a torch, a lantern,
and E. shine. [root]157. See
Shine, v. i.]
To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine
faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.
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The shimmering glimpses of a stream. --Tennyson.
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