Words related to SHINE

SHINE. The sun/lamp/the lights of a city or from a house/streetlights shine. She could see the
lights of Hong Kong shining in the distance. A light shone in the window of one of the
houses.
SPARKLE. Shine brightly with flashes of light; shine with many small, bright points of light,
especially under the light. Eyes can sparkle (with excitement, happiness etc; the sparkle
of excitement in his eyes, or the flicker of excitement, which means that the shine lasts
for a shorter time). Crystal glasses can sparkle. Jewels (diamonds etc.) sparkle (though
jewels can also glitter and glimmer). Ice or water can sparkle. When the sun came up,
the snow sparkled as if it were studded with millions of diamonds.
FLASH. Shine in a bright but very brief or sudden way (e.g. beacons on lighthouses or similar
places; headlights; warning light). Lightning flashed across the sky. A police car sped
through the intersection, lights flashing.
GLOW. Give out steady light without a flame (dull shine); make a warm soft light that is not
very bright. Glowing can also refer to objects emitting heat (stove; solar lights). The
evening sun glowed in the sky. A few lumps of coal still glowed in the fire. The
windows were glowing with a warm, yellow light.
SHIMMER. Shine with a soft, tremulous light, which seems to move very slightly and very
quickly up and down or from side to side. Similar to flicker, but shimmering is even
more subdued than flickering. The sea can shimmer with the reflection of sunlight or
moonlight. When he moved, his silk green shirt shimmered.
GLEAM. Shine brightly, especially with reflected light; by throwing back light off a very
smooth surface: Moonlight gleamed on the water. A Rolls Royce was parked outside,
gleaming in the sunshine. The old walnut dining table gleamed under the chandelier.
BLAZE. To give off an extremely bright light. The midday sun blazed down on us. The
rabbit stopped, caught in the blaze of the car’s headlight.
FLICKER. Shine unsteadily or keep going on and off; used about a weak flame or light that
keeps becoming almost dark, so that it seems to be soon going to stop shining. Often
refers to candle light.
BLINK. If a light on a machine blinks, it goes on and off, especially in order to make you
notice something. When I got in, the message light on my answering machine was
blinking. The neon lights on the theatre blinked red and blue.
GLINT. Give out or reflect small flashes of light. Glass/windows/eyeglasses glinted in the
sunlight. Blade of knife glinted in the darkness.
GLISTEN. Shine with a sparkling light, especially something wet/oily: snow glistens. Eyes
can glisten with tears. The pavements/roofs were glistening after the rain. When we
finished the set, Katie’s face was red and glistening with sweat.
GLITTER. If something such as a jewel, a star, or ice glitters, it shines attractively, especially
under the light, with very bright, small points of light. The frost glittered on the ground.
Jewels glittered in the dim light of the cave.
TWINKLE. If something such as a light, or a star twinkles, it shines in the dark or under the
light with small points of light.
Serbian: cakliti se, iskriti (iskričav), blještati, blistati, odbljesnuti, blesak, odblesak, isijavati,
presijavati se, svetlucati, titrati, treperiti, tinjati, odsjaj …