sparkle
/ˈspɑɹ.kəl/ verb C2- To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles. · The wood was sparkling in the bonfire.
- To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle. · The stars sparkle in the sky.
- To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
- To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce. · sparkling wine· sparkling water
- To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
He/she/it sparkles · Past sparkled · Past participle sparkled · -ing form sparkling
Verb forms
- Base form
- sparkle
- He/she/it
- sparkles
- Past
- sparkled
- Past participle
- sparkled
- -ing form
- sparkling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Anne came running in presently, her face sparkling with the delight of her orchard rovings; but, abashed at finding the delight herself in the unexpected presence of a stranger, she halted confusedly inside the door.
Lynde’s garden and set the flowers dancing--and then I’ll go with one great swoop over the clover field--and then I’ll blow over the Lake of Shining Waters and ripple it all up into little sparkling waves.
And then, when I was leaning over the bridge, it just slipped through my fingers--so--and went down--down--down, all purply-sparkling, and sank forevermore beneath the Lake of Shining Waters.
As Marilla lifted it out, the sunlight, falling through the vines that clustered thickly about the window, struck upon something caught in the shawl--something that glittered and sparkled in facets of violet light.
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