Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to shimmer
Participle: shimmered
Gerund: shimmering
Indicative
Present
| I | shimmer |
| you | shimmer |
| he;she;it | shimmers |
| we | shimmer |
| you | shimmer |
| they | shimmer |
Perfect
| I | have shimmered |
| you | have shimmered |
| he;she;it | has shimmered |
| we | have shimmered |
| you | have shimmered |
| they | have shimmered |
Past
| I | shimmered |
| you | shimmered |
| he;she;it | shimmered |
| we | shimmered |
| you | shimmered |
| they | shimmered |
Pluperfect
| I | had shimmered |
| you | had shimmered |
| he;she;it | had shimmered |
| we | had shimmered |
| you | had shimmered |
| they | had shimmered |
Future
| I | will shimmer |
| you | will shimmer |
| he;she;it | will shimmer |
| we | will shimmer |
| you | will shimmer |
| they | will shimmer |
Future Perfect
| I | will have shimmered |
| you | will have shimmered |
| he;she;it | will have shimmered |
| we | will have shimmered |
| you | will have shimmered |
| they | will have shimmered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | shimmer |
| you | shimmer |
| he;she;it | shimmer |
| we | shimmer |
| you | shimmer |
| they | shimmer |
Perfect
| I | have shimmered |
| you | have shimmered |
| he;she;it | have shimmered |
| we | have shimmered |
| you | have shimmered |
| they | have shimmered |
Imperfect
| I | shimmered |
| you | shimmered |
| he;she;it | shimmered |
| we | shimmered |
| you | shimmered |
| they | shimmered |
Pluperfect
| I | had shimmered |
| you | had shimmered |
| he;she;it | had shimmered |
| we | had shimmered |
| you | had shimmered |
| they | had shimmered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would shimmer |
| you | would shimmer |
| he;she;it | would shimmer |
| we | would shimmer |
| you | would shimmer |
| they | would shimmer |
Perfect
| I | would have shimmered |
| you | would have shimmered |
| he;she;it | would have shimmered |
| we | would have shimmered |
| you | would have shimmered |
| they | would have shimmered |
Imperative
| you | shimmer |
| we | Let's shimmer |
| you | shimmer |
Verbs conjugated like 'shimmer'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'shimmer'
simmer,
skimmer,
glimmer,
hammer,
mimmer,
scummer,
shimmy,
shiver,
shmeer,
simber,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English schimeren, from Old English sċymrian, sċimrian, sċimerian, from Proto-Germanic *skimarōną. Cognate with Dutch schemeren, German schimmern. See: Middle English '
schimeren', Dutch '
schemeren', German, old spelling '
schimmern'.
Verbs referencing "shimmer"
Finnish with old forms
kimaltaa.
Sample Sentences
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1581, John Studley (translator), Medea, Act 4, in Seneca his Tenne Tragedies, London: Thomas Marsh, p. 135,
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With dusky shimmering wanny globe, her lampe doth pale appeare
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The shimmering glimpses of a stream [1850, Alfred Tennyson, The Princess: A Medley, 3rd edition, London: Edward Moxon, Conclusion, p. 173:]
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I looked then and saw that his robes, which had seemed white, were not so, but were woven of all colours, and if he moved they shimmered and changed hue so that the eye was bewildered. [1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1973, Book 2, Chapter 2, p. 339:]
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Pale tourists, tired but excited, emerge like apparitions from the heat haze that shimmers over the tarmac. [2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, chapter 22, in This Mournable Body, Minneapolis: Graywolf Press:]