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sparkled

sparkled is the simple past and past participle of sparkle.

Meaning of sparkle

Verb

sparkle (third-person singular simple present sparkles, present participle sparkling, simple past and past participle sparkled)

  1. (intransitive) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles.
    • The wood was sparkling in the bonfire.
  2. (broadly) To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle.
    • The stars sparkle in the sky.
  3. (intransitive) To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
    • I see bright honour sparkle through your eyes.1634, John Milton, “Arcades”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC
  4. (intransitive) To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce.
    • sparkling wine
  5. (transitive) To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
    • That the bright glister of their beames cleare / Did sparckle forth great light, and glorious did appeare.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 32
  6. (obsolete, transitive) To disperse.

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Phrases with sparkled

Questions about sparkled

What is sparkled the simple past and past participle of?
Sparkled is the simple past and past participle of sparkle.

Words near sparkled in the dictionary

  1. sparkishness
  2. sparkle
  3. sparkle up
  4. sparkleberries
  5. sparkleberry
  6. sparkled
  7. sparkled up
  8. sparkledog
  9. sparkledogs
  10. sparkleless
  11. sparklemuffin

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