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flicker
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spark, glimmer |
| Synonyms: | beam, flare, flash, gleam, oscillation, quivering, ray, scintillation, twinkle, vibration |
| Main Entry: | beam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ray of light |
| Synonyms: | bar, beacon, chink, column, dartle, emission, finger, flicker, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, laser, radiation, ray, shaft, shimmer, shoot, sparkle, streak, stream, twinkle |
| Notes: | ray is distinguished from beam in that it describes a smaller quantity of light (beam being a collection of parallel rays) |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throb |
| Synonyms: | agitate, alternate, bob, bounce, buffet, flap, flicker, fluctuate, flutter, heave, jerk, jounce, oscillate, palpitate, pitch, pound, pulsate, pulse, quake, quaver, quiver, ripple, shake, shiver, swing, thrill, throb, thump, tremble, twitch, undulate, vibrate, writhe |
| Main Entry: | blaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn brightly |
| Synonyms: | beam, burst out, coruscate, explode, fire, flame, flare, flash, flicker, fulgurate, glare, gleam, glow, illuminate, illumine, incandesce, jet, light, radiate, scintillate, shimmer, shine, sparkle |
| Main Entry: | blink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wink of eye; twinkle |
| Synonyms: | bat, flash, flicker, flutter, glimmer, glitter, nictate, nictitate, scintillate, shimmer, sparkle, squint |
| Main Entry: | burn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be on fire; set on fire |
| Synonyms: | bake, be ablaze, blaze, brand, broil, calcine, cauterize, char, combust, conflagrate, cook, cremate, enkindle, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glow, heat, ignite, incinerate, kindle, light, melt, parch, reduce to ashes, rekindle, roast, scald, scorch, sear, set a match to, singe, smoke, smolder, toast, torch, wither |
| Antonyms: | cool, extinguish, put out, quench, smother, wet |
| Main Entry: | drift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move aimlessly |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, aim, amass, amble, be carried along, coast, dance, draw near, flicker, flit, flitter, float, flow, flutter, gad, gallivant*, gather, go with the tide, go-that-a-way, gravitate, hover, kick around, linger, malinger, meander, mosey, muck, ride, sail, saunter, scud, skim, slide, stray, stroll, tend, waft, wander, wash* |
| Antonyms: | decide, direct, guide, set |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | faint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose consciousness |
| Synonyms: | be overcome, become unconscious, black out, collapse, drop, fade, fail, fall, flicker, go out like light, keel over, languish, pass out, succumb, swoon, weaken |
| Main Entry: | flare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | erupt, blow |
| Synonyms: | blaze, boil over, break out, burn, burn up, burst, dart, dazzle, explode, fire up, flash, flicker, flutter, fume, glare, glow, go off, lose control, rant, seethe, shimmer, shoot, waver |
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