glisten

UK /ˈɡlɪsən/ US /ˈɡlɪsən/

verb 1noun 1

Definitions

verb

To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.

The sun was fierce, the land seemed to glisten and drip with steam.

noun

A glistening shine from a wet surface.

In his clear northern flesh and his fair hair was a glisten like sunshine refracted through crystals of ice.

VERB + GLISTEN

branches, land, seemed, shines, stars

GLISTEN + NOUN

sunshine, twinkle

PREP.

in, with

noun — the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

verb — be shiny, as if wet

The sun was fierce, the land seemed to glisten and drip with steam.

Wiktionary

In his clear northern flesh and his fair hair was a glisten like sunshine refracted through crystals of ice.

Wiktionary

In the night, the moon shines and stars glisten and twinkle. In the evening is twilight: in the morning the break of day and the dawn.

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The morning sun makes the hoarfrost on the twigs and branches glisten.

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