glim
glim · glims · glimmed · glimming
To illuminateTo illuminate.
/ɡlɪm/
Meaning
3 senses(dated, slang)To illuminate.
(dated, slang)To see; to observe.
(obsolete, transitive)To brand on the hand.
Origin
From Middle English glim, glimme (“radiance; shining brightness”), of uncertain further orFrom Middle English glim, glimme (“radiance; shining brightness”), of uncertain further origin. Perhaps from Old English gleomu (“splendor”) and/or Old Norse *glim, *glima, both apparently from Proto-Germanic *glimō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk glim, dialectal Old Swedish glim, glimma.
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Forms
glims, glimming, glimmed, glimmedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle