glimmering : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: glimmering	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for glimmering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glimmering n a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen" Synonym(s): inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glimmering \Glim"mer*ing\, n. 1. Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer. --South. 2. A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glimmer \Glim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glimmered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glimmering}.] [Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly, glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See {Gleam} a ray, and cf. {Glimpse}.] To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp. The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. --Shak. Syn: To gleam; to glitter. See {Gleam}, {Flash}.