catch the light

Verb

Meaning

catch the light (third-person singular simple present catches the light, present participle catching the light, simple past and past participle caught the light)

To shine or reflect in the light.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

glinting

Examples

We are all responsible. We are all complicit. White T-shirts catch the light. What matters is what we then do with that light. (The peace activists wore white t-shirts during their protests.) Leymah Gbowee

I'm a fiend for costume jewellery and have countless pairs of rhinestone or diamante earrings, which are so flattering when they catch the light. I love the designers Alexis Bittar and Kenneth Jay Lane, and I always go to jewellers Butler & Wilson. Joan Collins

Close letter words and terms

catch the bus catch the eye catch the flu catch the queer catch the scent of catch the sun