SHIMMER
Dictionary entry overview: What does shimmer mean?
• SHIMMER (noun)
The noun SHIMMER has 1 sense:
1. a weak and tremulous light
Familiarity information: SHIMMER used as a noun is very rare.
• SHIMMER (verb)
The verb SHIMMER has 2 senses:
1. shine with a weak or fitful light
2. give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
Familiarity information: SHIMMER used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SHIMMER (noun)
Meaning:
A weak and tremulous light
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
shimmer; play
Context examples:
the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers / the play of light on the water
Hypernyms ("shimmer" is a kind of...):
alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)
• SHIMMER (verb)
Meaning:
Shine with a weak or fitful light
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Context example:
Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight
Hypernyms (to "shimmer" is one way to...):
beam; shine (emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence examples:
Lights shimmer on the horizon
The horizon is shimmering with lights
Meaning:
Give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "shimmer" is one way to...):
gleam; glint; glisten; glitter; shine (be shiny, as if wet)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
