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Shimmer   /ʃˈɪmər/   Listen
Shimmer

noun
1.
A weak and tremulous light.  Synonym: play.  "The play of light on the water"
verb
(past & past part. shimmered; pres. part. shimmering)
1.
Shine with a weak or fitful light.
2.
Give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk.



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"Shimmer" Quotes from Famous Books



... long day endeth, As the cool of night descendeth His last strength thy lover spendeth in returning to thy breast, Where beneath the Babul nightly, While the planets shimmer whitely, And the fire-flies glimmer brightly, thou shalt give him ...
— Last Poems • Laurence Hope

... screaming. "Why, that must mean the stake yonder; that must be the mark." And he pointed to the oaken stick with its red tip blazing against the white shimmer of sand ...
— Stolen Treasure • Howard Pyle

... life been accustomed to, and such as filled Mme. Ricard's own rooms. However, this first evening I could hardly see how the rooms looked, for the lining of humanity which ran round all the walls. There was a shimmer as of every colour in the rainbow; and a buzz that could only come from a hive full. I, who had lived all my life where people spoke softly, and where many never ...
— Daisy • Elizabeth Wetherell

... himself, straightened himself up, and endeavoured to throw off the sense of drowsy weight which increased upon him. He could not do so; he walked with bent back, and crept, as it were, over the iron land which radiated heat. A shimmer like that of water appeared in front; he quickened his pace, but could not get to it, and realized presently that it was a mirage which receded as he advanced. There was no pleasant summer twilight; the sunset was succeeded ...
— After London - Wild England • Richard Jefferies

... blaze, gleam, glow, shimmer, flame, gleaming, illumination, shine, flare, glimmer, incandescence, shining, flash, glistening, luster, sparkle, flicker, glistering, scintillation, twinkle, glare, ...
— English Synonyms and Antonyms - With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions • James Champlin Fernald


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