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# glimmer

noun (glimmers); verb (glimmer, glimmers, glimmered, glimmering)

«glimmer» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A glimmer is a faint, weak light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimmer/#m1)
2. A glimmer of something is a small sign of it, such as a glimmer of hope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimmer/#m2)
3. (verb) To glimmer is to shine faintly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimmer/#m3)

### In the lessons

in tales a glimmer of dawn or a faint light shows that day is coming or that a way out is near

### Examples

- With the first glimmer of dawn the cock awoke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimmer/#x1)
- At last he saw a glimmer far down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimmer/#x2)
- A glimmer of hope kept her going. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimmer/#x3)
- The stars glimmer over the still lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimmer/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «glimmer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimmer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«glimmer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/glimmer.html) on Mova free.