Glisten Definition

glĭsən
glistened, glistening, glistens
verb
glistened, glistening, glistens
To shine by reflection with a sparkling luster.
American Heritage
To shine or sparkle with reflected light, as a wet or polished surface does.
Webster's New World
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noun
glistens
A glistening.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Glisten

  • Middle English glisnen from Old English glisnian ghel-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English glisnian.

    From Wiktionary

Glisten Sentence Examples

  • Icicles make the world glisten and shine.

  • There was a heavy dew making the grass glisten.

  • When the stars come out and moonbeams glisten across the ocean waves, the entertainment aboard this ocean liner is second to none.

  • Its silver scales glisten and sparkle in the sunshine, its blood red fins move in time with its mouth and gills.

  • Many of the houses are built of massive coral, Porites gaimardi, hewn into square building blocks which at a distance glisten like white marble.

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Words Starting With

GGLGLI

Words Ending With

NENTEN

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Words Starting With G and Ending With N

Starts With G & Ends With NStarts With GL & Ends With NStarts With G & Ends With EN

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With G7 Letter Words Ending With N