Shine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To emit light.
  • verb-intransitive. To reflect light; glint or glisten.
  • verb-intransitive. To distinguish oneself in an activity or a field; excel.
  • verb-intransitive. To be immediately apparent: Delight shone in her eyes.
  • v. To aim or cast the beam or glow of (a light).
  • v. To make glossy or bright by polishing.
  • n. Brightness from a source of light; radiance.
  • n. Brightness from reflected light; luster.
  • n. A shoeshine.
  • n. Excellence in quality or appearance; splendor.
  • n. Fair weather: rain or shine.
  • n. Informal Pranks or tricks.
  • n. Slang Whiskey; moonshine.
  • n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a Black person.
  • idiom. shine up to Informal To try to impress or please: shined up to the boss, hoping to get a raise.
  • idiom. take a shine to Informal To like spontaneously.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To emit light.
  • v. To reflect light.
  • v. To distinguish oneself; to excel.
  • v. To be immediately apparent.
  • v. To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
  • n. Brightness from a source of light.
  • n. Brightness from reflected light.
  • n. Excellence in quality or appearance.
  • n. Shoeshine.
  • n. Sunshine.
  • n. Moonshine.
  • n. The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
  • v. To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
  • v. To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor
  • verb-intransitive. To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy.
  • verb-intransitive. To be effulgent in splendor or beauty.
  • verb-intransitive. To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
  • v. To cause to shine, as a light.
  • v. To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.
  • n. The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen.
  • n. Sunshine; fair weather.
  • n. A liking for a person; a fancy.
  • n. Caper; antic; row.
  • adj. Shining; sheen.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To send forth or give out light or brightness, literally or figuratively: as, the sun shines by day, the moon by night.
  • To present a bright appearance; glow; gleam; glitter.
  • To beam forth; show itself clearly or conspicuously; be noticeably prominent or brilliant.
  • To excel; be eminent, distinguished, or conspicuous: as, to shine in society, or in conversation; to shine in letters.
  • To present a splendid or dazzling appearance; make a brave show.
  • Synonyms To radiate, glow. Shine differs from the words compared under glare, v., in that it generally stands for a steady radiation or emission of light. It is with different thoughts of the light of the fixed stars that we say that they shine, sparkle, gleam, or glitter.
  • To cause to shine.
  • n. Light; illumination.
  • n. Sunshine; hence, fair weather.
  • n. Sheen; brilliancy; luster; gloss.
  • n. Brightness; splendor; irradiation.
  • n. A fancy; liking: as, to take a shine to a person.
  • n. A disturbance; a row; a rumpus; a shindy.
  • n. A trick; a prank: as, to cut up shines.
  • Bright or shining; glittering.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
  • v. emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
  • v. have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
  • v. be shiny, as if wet
  • v. be bright by reflecting or casting light
  • v. experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
  • v. throw or flash the light of (a lamp)
  • v. touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
  • v. make (a surface) shine
  • v. be distinguished or eminent
  • v. be clear and obvious
    • Verb Form
    shined    shines    shining    shone   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    look    appear    seem    feel    experience    hap    take place    come about    fallout    pass off   
    Variant
    shone   
    Hyponym
    flick    outshine    beat down    flicker    glare    blaze    glow    twinkle    flame    shimmer   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    gleam    brightness    polish    sheen    sunshine    fancy    caper    antic    row    shining   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aline    Cline    Combine    Dine    Heine    Jain    Klein    Kline    Quine    Rhine   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sheen    gleam    radiance    glitter    glow    lustre    blaze    shimmer    halo    ray   
     
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