glisten

«glisten» in Mova's school dictionary: to shine with a soft, sparkly light because something is… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (glisten, glistens, glistened, glistening)

meaning for a pupil

1) To glisten means to shine with a soft, sparkly light because something is wet or oily. tree →

2) Eyes glisten when they are full of tears. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and descriptive writing, glisten is a lovely word for wet things shining: dew on grass, a seal's skin, a road after rain. It helps the reader see and feel the scene. Phrases: glisten with sweat, glistening with tears, glistening snow.

examples

• Dew glistened on the grass in the morning. tree →
• The seal's wet fur glistened in the sun. tree →
• Her eyes glistened with tears at the end of the film. tree →
• The road glistened after the rain. tree →
• His forehead glistened with sweat after the race. tree →
• The fresh snow glistened under the street lights. tree →
• The cherries glistened in the bowl. tree →
• From every twig glistened a white radiance. tree →

note

The «t» is silent: say «GLISS-en». Glisten is used mostly for wet or oily shine; glitter is for tiny flashing sparkles, and glint for a quick flash of light.

In the corpora

• «A broad glistening muzzle showed itself above the edge of the bank, and the Otter hauled himself out».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «glisten» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.