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   Shim·mer

   /ˈSHimər/

   

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   • 1. shine with a soft tremulous light: "the sea shimmered in the sunlight"

   noun

   • 1. a soft, slightly wavering light: "a pale shimmer of moonlight"

   Word Origin late Old Englishscymrian, of Germanic origin; related to German schimmern, also to shine. The noun dates from the early 19th century.

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   What is a shimmer?

   • A shimmer is small and sometimes weak, and in danger of going out, but it's there all the same and often beautiful. You know how silk catches the light and shines in lovely ways? That's a shimmer. How about when you feel like it's the end of the world but there's a little piece of you that believes things are going to get better?

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   What does a shimmering light look like?

   • Sometimes they look human, solid, or they are shimmering lights. Some of them are like precious gems, shimmering as the light catches them, as enticing as soft crushed velvet. If something shimmers, it shines with a faint, unsteady light or has an unclear, unsteady appearance. The lights shimmered on the water.

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   What is the difference between Flash and Shimmer?

   • While all these words mean "to send forth light," shimmer means shining with a wavering light. When is it sensible to use flash instead of shimmer? The meanings of flash and shimmer largely overlap; however, flash implies a sudden outburst of bright light.

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3. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionshimmer verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

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   Definition of shimmer verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › shimmerSHIMMER | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   to shine gently and seem to be moving slightly: The trees shimmered in the moonlight. (Definition of shimmer from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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   shimmer. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English shim‧mer /ˈʃɪmə $ -ər/ verb [ intransitive] to shine with a soft light that looks as if it shakes slightly The lake shimmered in the moonlight. —shimmer noun [ singular, uncountable] → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus shimmer • When he moved, his silk green shirt ...

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   Add to word list. to shine gently and seem to be moving slightly: The trees shimmered in the moonlight. (Definition of shimmer from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

7. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › shimmershimmer - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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   shimmer (third-person singular simple present shimmers, present participle shimmering, simple past and past participle shimmered) 1. (intransitive) To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam faintly. 1.1. Synonyms: twinkle, sparkle, glisten, glimmer 1.1. 1581, John Studley (translator), Medea, Act 4, in Seneca his Tenne Tragedies, London: Tho...

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   shimmer (plural shimmers) 1. A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining. 1.1. Synonym: glimmer 1.1. 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter X, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography.[…], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co.,[…], →OCLC, page 254: 1.1.1. I shut the closet, to conceal the strange, wraith-like apparel it c...

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   “shimmer”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

   “shimmer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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   to appear to quiver or vibrate in faint light or while reflecting heat waves. n. a subdued, tremulous light or gleam. Meteorology a quivering or vibrating motion or image as produced by reflecting faint light or heat waves.

9. www.britannica.com › dictionary › shimmerShimmer Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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   SHIMMER meaning: to shine with a light that seems to move slightly.