luster🔊

The ability or condition of shining when light is applied, inclusive of shine, sheen, polish, gloss, sparkle, etc.

(figurative) Shining light, luminosity, brightness, shine.

(figurative) Shining beauty, splendor, attractiveness or attraction.

(figurative) Shining fame, renown, glory.

(figurative) Polish, social refinement.

(literary) Any shining body or thing.

A piece of glass added to a light (especially a chandelier) to increase its luster.

An ornamental light providing luster, especially a chandelier.

A substance that imparts luster to a surface, inclusive of polish, gloss, plumbago, glaze, etc.

The layer of an object that imparts luster, chiefly with regard to ceramics.

Highly lustrous ceramics.

A kind of lustrous fabric with a wool weft and cotton, linen, or silk warp, chiefly used for women's dresses.

(obsolete) A glory, an act or thing that imparts fame or renown.

(now rare) To have luster, to gleam, to shine.

(now rare) To gain luster, to become lustrous.

To give luster, particularly

(obsolete) To make illustrious or attractive, to distinguish.

To coat with a lustrous material or glaze, to impart physical luster to an object.

(obsolete) To shed light on, to illustrate, to show.

(obsolete) Lustrate.

To ritually cleanse or renew. +

To look over, to survey. +

A five-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts. +

(now rare) One who lusts, one inflamed with lust.

(obsolete) A dwelling-place in a wilderness, especially for animals. +