scintillate 'reflect brightly' reflect 'be bright by reflecting or casting light' glare 'be sharply reflected' sparkle 'reflect brightly' glisten 'be shiny, as if wet' gleam 'be shiny, as if wet' glint 'be shiny, as if wet' shine 'be shiny, as if wet' glitter 'be shiny, as if wet' coruscate 'reflect brightly' shine 'be bright by reflecting or casting light'
light up 'FN: To cause light to reflect from something by introducing a light source. ' flash 'COD: shine or cause to shine in a bright but brief, sudden, or intermittent way. ' sparkle 'COD: shine brightly with flashes of light. ' scintillate 'FN: to illuminate an entity by emitting flashes of light ' shimmer 'COD: shine with a soft tremulous light. ' flame 'FN: to shine light on an object as if by fire light' glint 'FN: to illuminate an entity by giving out or reflecting small flashes of light. ' flicker 'FN: to reflect light off of or from an object intermittenly' twinkle 'COD: shine with a gleam that changes constantly from bright to faint. ' shine 'FN: to illuminate an object by giving out a bright light' gleam 'FN: to light up an entity brighly' glitter 'FN: to illuminate by emitting a shimmering light' coruscate 'FN: to flash or sparkle as an object because the reflection or emission of light ' glimmer 'FN: to light up an entity faintly with a wavering light' glisten 'COD: shine or sparkle (as on something wet or moist)' glister 'FN: to illuminate an object by emitting a sparkle' flare 'FN: to suddenly light up, as though the object is on fire' glow 'COD: give out steady light without flame.'
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NP (Figure) V () 2nd (Cause_of_shine) AVP (Degree) PP[in] (Ground) NP (Figure) V () 2nd (Cause_of_shine) PP[with] (Depictive) PP[in] (Ground) NP (Figure) V () PP[with] (Cause_of_shine) INI (Ground) NP (Figure) V () 2nd (Cause_of_shine) PP[in] (Ground) NP (Figure) V () 2nd (Cause_of_shine) PP[in] (Ground) AVP (Manner) NP (Figure) V () AVP (Degree) INI (Ground) Sub (Manner) NP (Figure) V () AVP (Degree) PP[on] (Ground) NP (Figure) V () PP[with] (Degree) INI (Ground) NP (Figure) V () AJP (Depictive) INI (Ground) NP (Figure) V () NP (Depictive) INI (Ground) NP (Figure) V () PP[with] (Depictive) INI (Ground) NP (Figure) V () INI (Ground) AVP (Manner) NP (Figure) V () INI (Ground) PP[into] (Result) NP (Figure) V () 2nd (Cause_of_shine) AVP (Cause_of_shine) PP[in] (Ground) NP (Figure) V () INI (Ground) PP[like] (Manner) NP (Figure) V () PP[with] (Light) NP (Figure) V () 2nd (Cause_of_shine) PP[with] (Cause_of_shine) PP[in] (Ground) NP (Figure) V () AJP (Depictive) PP[with] (Depictive) INI (Ground) NP (Figure) V () PP[with] (Cause_of_shine) AJP (Depictive) INI (Ground) NP (Figure) V () 2nd (Cause_of_shine) AJP (Depictive) PP[in] (Ground) NP (Figure) V () 2nd (Cause_of_shine) PP[in] (Ground) PP[like] (Manner) NP (Figure) V () INI (Ground) PP[with] (Light) NP (Figure) V () INI (Ground) AJP (Manner) NP (Figure) V () Sub (Time) NP (Figure) V () PP[from] (Cause_of_shine) INI (Ground) AVP (Manner) NP (Figure) V () AVP (Depictive) PP[against] (Ground) NP (Figure) V () AJP (Degree) Srel (Result)
The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface His eyes were glistening Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside Drive carefully--the wet road reflects
Examples from VerbNet
The stagehand flashed the lights. The crown sparkled with jewels. On his finger there sparkled a magnificent diamond. Jewels sparkled on the crown. The jewel sparkled. There sparkled a magnificent diamond on his finger.
Examples from SemCor
Therefore, neglecting the extreme outbursts, reflected solar_radiation is not expected to cause sizable errors in the measurements of planetary radiation in the centimeter- and decimeter wave-length range. The incident, aside from reflecting on Welch 's political career, had all_but wrecked his home life. Her little brown face wrinkled up, her brown eyes gleamed, and with her little gestures she said all the courteous things. Directed by Grigory_Kozintsev in a tempo that is studiously slow, he develops a sense of a high tradition shining brightly and passing gravely through an impious world. The stethoscope glinted silver in the darkening room. I walked to the right around it to buildings containing illuminated manuscripts and came to the Treasury, which houses such things as coffee_cups covered with diamonds, jewelled swords, rifles glittering with diamonds and huge divan-like thrones as large as small beds, on_which the sultans sat cross-legged. `` You see'', she said, looking past him into the room, where the highball glasses sparkled dully in the bright light,`` you and I can n't understand the many hardships they have to undergo''. Mercer saw the sun rise on_occasion, closed his eyes briefly, and opened them to see stars shining. There were lights glinting in the city, too, even_though it was now dark enough for a_few stars to become visible. `` Tee-wah'', the driver cackled, his black eyes glittering behind dull silver chicken fencing. The fountain had brimmed_over, the cannon were wet, the soldiers' monument glistened. She smiled, and the teeth gleamed in her beautifully modeled olive face. , when Mr._Milstein thrust straight to the core of the music, sparks flying, bow shredding, violin singing, glittering and sometimes spitting, Mr._Hendl could go_along. The great spire shone as if the lightning had polished it. The large municipal hall was ablaze with color, which shown out from the bright array of chic ballgowns worn by those participating in the`` maskers' dances''. Each brass handle and hinge shone for his reward, and he knew how to get_at the dust in the china flowers and how to take_down the long glass drops which hung from the chandelier. But dully glinting on the dark form were the buttons and badge of a policeman. Do line barbecue fire bowl with heavy foil to reflect heat. The reflection of radiation originating from the anode holder and reflected back to it by the surrounding metal surfaces should also be small because of the specular characteristic of the metal surfaces and of the specific geometry. He could see the grin that split her mouth; the teeth that shone into the phone were like a shark 's. Vernon wore a gray tall hat, a gardenia, and maroon Wellington_boots that glistened like currant jelly. I could see their faces glistening with sweat and bear_grease, their mouths open, shouting their spine-chilling cries. Well, what did that matter when the sun was shining and there were dreams to dream about? The radio_radiation of the sun which is reflected from the moon and planets should be negligible compared with their thermal_emission at centimeter wave_lengths, except possibly at times of exceptional outbursts of solar radio_noise. In the half darkness the banisters gleamed, and the hall seemed enormous. Below the moon_splashed world rolled away to insurmountable white peaks; above him the deep blue sky glittered with stars. In the Canadian Rockies, great groves of aspen are already glinting gold.