"glistening" meaning in All languages combined

See glistening on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: glistenings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} glistening (plural glistenings)
  1. The appearance of something that glistens.
    Sense id: en-glistening-en-noun-E0IwcrCT
  2. (optics) A fluid-filled microvacuole within a lens. Categories (topical): Optics
    Sense id: en-glistening-en-noun-CBkFoRNg Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} glistening
  1. present participle and gerund of glisten Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: glisten Categories (topical): Light
    Sense id: en-glistening-en-verb-AQuPdjeU Disambiguation of Light: 13 9 78 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 22 55

Inflected forms

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