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- Dictionaryshimmer/ˈʃɪmə/
verb
- 1. shine with a soft, slightly wavering light: "the sea shimmered in the sunlight"
noun
- 1. a soft, slightly wavering light: "a pale shimmer of moonlight"
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SHIMMER definition: 1. to shine in such a way that the light seems to shake slightly and quickly: 2. the fact that…. Learn more.
The meaning of SHIMMER is to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer. How to use shimmer in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Shimmer.
When you shimmer you shine, although sometimes quite weakly. A shimmer is small and sometimes weak, and in danger of going out, but it's there all the same and often beautiful. You know how silk catches the light and shines in lovely ways? That's a shimmer.
Shimmer definition: to shine with or reflect a subdued, tremulous light; gleam faintly.. See examples of SHIMMER used in a sentence.
Definition of 'shimmer' Word Frequency. shimmer. (ʃɪməʳ ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense shimmers , present participle shimmering , past tense, past participle shimmered. verb. If something shimmers, it shines with a faint, unsteady light or has an unclear, unsteady appearance. The lights shimmered on the water. [VERB]
SHIMMER meaning: 1. to shine in such a way that the light seems to shake slightly and quickly: 2. the fact that…. Learn more.
1. to shine with or reflect a soft, tremulous light. 2. to appear to quiver in faint light or while reflecting heat waves. n. 3. a soft, tremulous light or gleam. 4. a quivering motion or image as produced by reflecting faint light or heat waves.
Definition of shimmer verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. shimmered, shimmers. To shine with an unsteady light; glimmer. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To be reflected as a subdued, flickering light. The moon shimmered on the pond's surface. American Heritage. To form a wavering image, as by reflection from waves of water or heat.
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