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- DictionaryGlis·ten/ˈɡlis(ə)n/
verb
- 1. (of something wet or greasy) shine; glitter: "his cheeks glistened with tears"
noun
- 1. a sparkling light reflected from something wet: "there was a glisten of perspiration across her top lip"
to shine by reflecting light from a wet or smooth surface: The grass glistened in the early-morning dew. glisten with His eyes glistened with tears. Synonyms. gleam. glint. shine. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Giving out light. afire. albedo. aura. beamy. bioluminescence. blink. glance. gleam. glimmer. glitter. glow. luminescent.
As a noun, a glisten is a bright shine. When you are driving into the setting sun, the glisten of the sun on the hood of the car makes it hard to see. Definitions of glisten. verb. be shiny, as if wet. “His eyes were glistening ”. synonyms: gleam, glint, glitter, shine. see more. noun.
6 days ago · 1. (of a wet or glossy surface) to gleam by reflecting light. wet leaves glisten in the sunlight. 2. (of light) to reflect with brightness. the sunlight glistens on wet leaves. noun. 3. rare. a gleam or gloss.
3 days ago · SYNONYMS 1. glimmer, gleam, glitter. glisten, shimmer, sparkle refer to different ways in which light is reflected from surfaces. glisten refers to a lustrous light, as from something sleek or wet, or it may refer to myriads of tiny gleams reflected from small surfaces: Wet fur glistens.
Check pronunciation: glisten. Definition of glisten verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To shine by reflection with a sparkling luster: "Sweat ... trickled in streams down his face and glistened in his beard" (Lois Lowry). See Synonyms at flash. 2. To be reflected with a sparkling luster: "The sun glistened upon his hair" (Robert Louis Stevenson). n. A sparkling, lustrous shine.
verb [ I ] uk / ˈɡlɪs ə n / us. Add to word list. If something glistens, it shines, often because it is wet: Their faces were glistening with sweat. (Definition of glisten from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of glisten. in Chinese (Traditional) （因潮濕、油亮或光滑的表面反光而）閃光，閃耀，閃亮… See more.
