shimmer
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a weak and tremulous light
the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
shine with a weak or fitful light
Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight
Types & categories
- beam hypernym
Related & opposite
- shimmer derivation
Sense 3 verb
give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
Types & categories
- glitter hypernym
Related & opposite
- shimmer derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | play |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shimmer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shimmer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shimmery |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shimmer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | beam |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shimmer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | glitter |