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# glimmering

verb form (present participle of glimmer); adjective

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

## Everyday

1. Glimmering means shining faintly or weakly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimmering/#m1)
2. (adjective) Glimmering describes something that gives a faint light, such as glimmering stars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimmering/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales a glimmering insect or a glimmering moon gives a soft, pale light that can be seen in the dark

### Examples

- The morning dawn came glimmering red. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimmering/#x1)
- A tiny insect glimmered on the tree, a small glimmering being. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimmering/#x2)
- The glimmering candle lit the cave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimmering/#x3)
- Fireflies filled the garden with glimmering lights. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimmering/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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