IRIDESCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they iridesce ... he / she / it iridesces

Past simple: iridesced

Past participle: iridesced

-ing form: iridescing

Meaning:

Be iridescent

Example:

The corals iridesced under the surface of the clear water

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "iridesce" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "iridesce"):

opalesce (exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

iridescence (the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface)

iridescent (having a play of lustrous rainbow colors)

iridescent (varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles)