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glistens

glistens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of glisten.

Meaning of glisten

Verb

glisten (third-person singular simple present glistens, present participle glistening, simple past and past participle glistened)

  1. (intransitive) To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.
    • The sun was fierce, the land seemed to glisten and drip with steam.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 202

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What is glistens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Glistens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of glisten.

Words near glistens in the dictionary

  1. glisteners
  2. glisteneth
  3. glistening
  4. glisteningly
  5. glistenings
  6. glistens
  7. glisteny
  8. glister
  9. glistered
  10. glistering
  11. glisteringly

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