shimmer
11shimmer — [[t]ʃɪ̱mə(r)[/t]] shimmers, shimmering, shimmered VERB If something shimmers, it shines with a faint, unsteady light or has an unclear, unsteady appearance. The lights shimmered on the water... The trees shimmered in the afternoon heat. N SING… …
12shimmer — verb (I) to shine with a soft light that looks as if it shakes slightly: The lake shimmered in the moonlight. shimmer noun (U): the shimmer of the desert air in the midday heat …
13shimmer — I. verb (shimmered; shimmering) Etymology: Middle English schimeren, from Old English scimerian; akin to Old English scīnan to shine more at shine Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light ;… …
14shimmer — verb Shimmer is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑haze, ↑sunlight …
15shimmer — shim|mer1 [ ʃımər ] verb intransitive to reflect a gentle light that seems to shake slightly: The desert landscape shimmered in the midday heat. ╾ shim|mer|ing adjective: a shimmering haze shimmer shim|mer 2 [ ʃımər ] noun count a gentle light… …
16shimmer — [OE] Shimmer goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skim (source also of German schimmern ‘glitter, gleam’). This was an extension of the base *ski , from which English gets sheer and shine. => SHEER, SHINE …
17shimmer — 1. verb the lake shimmered Syn: glint, glisten, twinkle, sparkle, flash, scintillate, gleam, glow, glimmer, glitter, wink; literary coruscate 2. noun the shimmer of lights from the traffic Syn: glint, twinkle …
18shimmer — 1. verb the sea shimmered in the sunset Syn: glint, glisten, twinkle, sparkle, flash, gleam, glow, glimmer, wink 2. noun a shimmer of moonlight Syn: glint, twinkle, sparkle, flash …
19shimmer — [OE] Shimmer goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skim (source also of German schimmern ‘glitter, gleam’). This was an extension of the base *ski , from which English gets sheer and shine. Cf.⇒ SHEER, SHINE …
20Shimmer Women Athletes — SHIMMER redirects here. For other meanings see Shimmer. Shimmer Women Athletes Acronym Shimmer Founded 2005 Style …
