Karteikarten
Ways of Shining
Karten in diesem Stapel (16)
- 1shine: give out light, be bright. She cleaned the glasses until they shone.shine: give out light, be bright.
She cleaned the glasses until they shone. - 2glow: give out heat and/or light without flames. The embers were still glowing.glow: give out heat and/or light without flames.
The embers were still glowing. - 3beam: give out heat and light. It's a fabulous day, the sun is beaming!beam: give out heat and light.
It's a fabulous day, the sun is beaming! - 4gleam: give out a soft and bright light. She had polished the ornaments so that they gleamed.gleam: give out a soft and bright light.
She had polished the ornaments so that they gleamed. - 5blaze: give out a bright light. The sun blazed down on the beach.blaze: give out a bright light.
The sun blazed down on the beach. - 6glisten: shine brightly (for polished or wet surfaces). Her eyes were glistening with tears.glisten: shine brightly (for polished or wet surfaces).
Her eyes were glistening with tears. - 7glitter: shine brightly with flashes of light. Her necklace was glittering with diamonds.glitter: shine brightly with flashes of light.
Her necklace was glittering with diamonds. - 8sparkle: shine brightly with flashes of light. The diamond sparkles in the light.sparkle: shine brightly with flashes of light.
The diamond sparkles in the light. - 9glint: shine brightly with small flashes of light. The gold rims of his glasses glinted in the sun.glint: shine brightly with small flashes of light.
The gold rims of his glasses glinted in the sun. - 10flash: give out a sudden bright light. The lightning flashed across the sky.flash: give out a sudden bright light.
The lightning flashed across the sky. - 11glare: shine with a strong light in a way unpleasant to the eyes. The sun glared out of the blue sky.glare: shine with a strong light in a way unpleasant to the eyes.
The sun glared out of the blue sky. - 12dazzle: shine so brightly that it stops you from seeing properly for a short time. The driver might have been dazzled by the headlights of the oncoming car.dazzle: shine so brightly that it stops you from seeing properly for a short time.
The driver might have been dazzled by the headlights of the oncoming car. - 13shimmer: give out a soft trembling light. The moonlight was shimmering on the sea.shimmer: give out a soft trembling light.
The moonlight was shimmering on the sea. - 14glimmer: give out a faint unsteady light. We could see lights glimmering in the distance.glimmer: give out a faint unsteady light.
We could see lights glimmering in the distance. - 15flicker: shine (or burn) unsteadily. The lights flickered for a moment.flicker: shine (or burn) unsteadily.
The lights flickered for a moment. - 16twinkle: shine unsteadily. The stars were twinkling in the sky.twinkle: shine unsteadily.
The stars were twinkling in the sky.