shimmerverb [ I ]
uk/ˈʃɪm.ər/us/ˈʃɪm.ɚ/to shine in such a way that the light seems to shake slightly and quickly:
She could see her reflection in the water, shimmering in the moonlight.
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Giving out light
- alight
- blink
- brighten
- burn
- burnish
- cast
- catch
- dazzle
- flicker
- gild
- glance
- glitter
- glow
- illuminate
- light
- redshift
- reflected ray
- sparkly
- strobe
- UV
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shimmernoun [ S ]
uk/ˈʃɪm.ər/us/ˈʃɪm.ɚ/the fact that something shimmers
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Quantities & units of light
- aureole
- beam
- blip
- bright
- flash
- glare
- glint
- halo
- lustre
- lux
- pencil
- pinprick
- point
- ray
- shaft
- sheen
- shine
- sparkle
- sunbeam
- twinkle
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