väre — meaning in English

English meaning

• glimmer noun A faint, unsteady light.
• riffle noun A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
• ripple noun A small wave or series of waves on the surface of water.

Senses

väre is used for these senses in English:

• glimmer A faint or remote possibility (as it were a flash of light).
• riffle A succession of small waves.
• ripple A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.

glimmer — full definition

1. noun A faint, unsteady light.
2. verb To shine with a faint, flickering light.

riffle — full definition

1. noun A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
2. noun A succession of small waves.
3. noun A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.
4. noun A quick skim through the pages of a book.

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