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glinted

glinted is the simple past and past participle of glint.

Meaning of glint

Verb

glint (third-person singular simple present glints, present participle glinting, simple past and past participle glinted)

  1. (intransitive) To flash or gleam briefly.
    • A wedding ring glinted on her finger.
  2. (intransitive, uncommon) To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter.
    • The rising sun owre Galston muirs, / Wi' glorious light was glintin'1785, Robert Burns, The Holy Fair
  3. (transitive) To cause to flash or gleam; to reflect.
    • The scientists theorized that a meteoroid, ranging in size from a speck of dust to a marble, might have struck the satellite and chipped off a bit of debris that glinted a ray of sun back on the Vela's second sensor […]1980, Inquiry Magazine
  4. (Shropshire, archaic, transitive) To dry; to wither.
    • The sun glints grass and corn.

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Questions about glinted

What is glinted the simple past and past participle of?
Glinted is the simple past and past participle of glint.

Words near glinted in the dictionary

  1. glinsing
  2. Glinski
  3. Glinskis
  4. glint
  5. glint in the milkman's eye
  6. glinted
  7. glinteth
  8. glintier
  9. glintiest
  10. glintily
  11. glinting

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