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# sparkle

«sparkle» in Mova's school dictionary: **to shine with many small, bright flashes of light, like…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (sparkle, sparkles, sparkled, sparkling); noun (a sparkle, sparkles; sparkle)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To sparkle is to shine with many small, bright flashes of light, like glitter, stars, jewels or water in sunlight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkle/#m1)

2) A sparkle is a small, bright flash of light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkle/#m2)

3) Sparkle is liveliness and fun in a person or a show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkle/#m3)

4) «Sparkling» drinks have bubbles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkle/#m4)

5) When a person's eyes sparkle, they show a strong feeling such as joy, mischief or spite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkle/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, eyes sparkle with joy and the sea sparkles in the sun. In science, light reflecting off many tiny surfaces makes things sparkle. Phrases: «eyes sparkle», «sparkling water», «add some sparkle», «sparkling clean».

### examples

- The snow sparkled in the sunlight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkle/#x1)
- Her eyes sparkled with excitement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkle/#x2)
- The diamond ring sparkled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkle/#x3)
- The kitchen was sparkling clean after we tidied up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkle/#x4)
- Would you like still or sparkling water? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkle/#x5)
- Add glitter to give your card some sparkle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkle/#x6)

### note

Past: «sparkled». Adjective: «sparkly» or «sparkling». A «sparkler» is a firework held in the hand — hold it at arm's length, wear gloves and put used ones in water.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sparkle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.