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Shine

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Noun

1. effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine

the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

Verb

2. reflect, shine

be bright by reflecting or casting light

Example Sentences:
'Drive carefully--the wet road reflects'

3. beam, shine

emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light

Example Sentences:
'The sun shone bright that day'
'The fire beamed on their faces'

4. gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, shine

be shiny, as if wet

Example Sentences:
'His eyes were glistening'

5. shine

be distinguished or eminent

Example Sentences:
'His talent shines'

6. shine

be clear and obvious

Example Sentences:
'A shining example'

7. beam, glow, radiate, shine

have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

Example Sentences:
'Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna'

8. shine

throw or flash the light of (a lamp)

Example Sentences:
'Shine the light on that window, please'

9. fall, shine, strike

touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

Example Sentences:
'Light fell on her face'
'The sun shone on the fields'
'The light struck the golden necklace'
'A strange sound struck my ears'

10. beam, glow, radiate, shine

experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion

Example Sentences:
'She was beaming with joy'
'Her face radiated with happiness'

11. polish, shine, smooth, smoothen

make (a surface) shine

Example Sentences:
'shine the silver, please'
'polish my shoes'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Shine

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verbWord forms: shines, shining or shone
1. (intransitive)
to emit light
2. (intransitive)
to glow or be bright with reflected light
3. (transitive)
to direct the light of (a lamp, etc)
he shone the torch in my eyes
4. (tr; past tense and past participle shined)
to cause to gleam by polishing
to shine shoes
5. (intransitive)
to be conspicuously competent; excel
she shines at tennis
6. (intransitive)
to appear clearly; be conspicuous
the truth shone out of his words
noun
7. 
the state or quality of shining; sheen; lustre
8.  rain or shine
9. informal short for moonshine (sense 2)
10. informal
a liking or fancy (esp in the phrase take a shine to)

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Shine

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verb intransitiveWord forms: shone, shined, ˈshining
1. 
to emit or reflect light; be radiant or bright with light; gleam; glow
2. 
to be eminent, conspicuous, or brilliant; stand out; excel
3. 
to exhibit itself clearly or conspicuously
love shining from her face
verb transitive
4. 
to direct the light of
to shine a flashlight
5. 
to make shiny or bright by polishing
to shine shoes
noun
6. 
brightness; radiance
7. 
luster; polish; gloss
8.  US
shoeshine
9. 
splendor; brilliance; show
10. 
sunshine; fair weather
11.  US, Informal, Obsolete
a trick or prank
usually used in pl.
12.  US, Slang
black (sense 20)
a vulgar term of hostility and contempt

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Shine

see synonyms of shine
v. shone (shōn) or shined, shin·ing, shines
v.intr.
1. To emit light.
2. To reflect light; glint or glisten.
3. To distinguish oneself in an activity or a field; excel.
4. To be immediately apparent: Delight shone in her eyes.
v.tr.
1. To aim or cast the beam or glow of (a light).
2. past tense and past participle shined To make glossy or bright by polishing.
n.
1. Brightness from a source of light; radiance.
2. Brightness from reflected light; luster.
3. A shoeshine.
4. Excellence in quality or appearance; splendor.
5. Fair weather: rain or shine.
6. shines Informal Pranks or tricks.
7. Slang Whiskey; moonshine.
8. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a black person.

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