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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
glistening
    adj 1: reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the
           horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the
           moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet";
           "shining white enamel" [syn: glistening, glossy,
           lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
glistening \glistening\ adj.
   Reflecting light readily or in large amounts; having a
   surface luster; reflecting light directly rather than
   scattering it.

   Syn: glossy, nitid, sheeny, shiny.
        [WordNet 1.5]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glisten \Glis"ten\ (gl[i^]s"'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
   Glistened; p. pr. & vb. n. Glistening.] [OE. glistnian,
   akin to glisnen, glisien, AS. glisian, glisnian, akin to E.
   glitter. See Glitter, v. i., and cf. Glister, v. i.]
   To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild,
   subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating
   light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars.

   Syn: See Flash.
        [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Glistening:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
blinking, blinky, burnished, coruscant, coruscating, gleaming, glimmering, glimmerous, glimmery, glistering, glittering, glittery, glossy, lustrous, polished, scintillant, scintillating, scintillescent, sheeny, shimmering, shimmery, shining, shiny, spangly, sparkling, tinselly, twinkling, twinkly
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