Glistening Meaning

/ɡlˈɪsənɪŋ/
C1

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verbpresent participle and gerund of glisten

nounThe appearance of something that glistens.

"My eyes had adjusted to the faint starlight and I could make out pale glistenings and white glow of bones which had worked their way free of clinging flesh."— 2008, Dan Simmons, Song of Kali:

nounA fluid-filled microvacuole within a lens.

Layla's skin was glistening.
The cobwebs are glistening in the silver dew.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The grass was ____ with morning dew after the night's rain.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The spider web was ____ with tiny dewdrops that sparkled like diamonds in the early morning sunlight.

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CEFR Practice Quiz
The grass was ____ with morning dew after the night's rain.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The spider web was ____ with tiny dewdrops that sparkled like diamonds in the early morning sunlight.

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