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to glimmer
01
to shine softly or faintly
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
glimmer
3rd person singular
glimmers
Present participle
glimmering
Past simple
glimmered
Past participle
glimmered
Examples
The stars began to glimmer in the night sky.
Glimmer
01
a faint or brief flash of light, often reflected
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
glimmers
Examples
A glimmer of sunlight shone through the clouds.
02
a faint sign, hint, or vague indication of something
Examples
She saw a glimmer of hope in his smile.
