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Shine

name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Noun

1
Brightness from a source of light. countable, uncountable
"the distant shine of the celestial city"
2
Acronym of single high-impulse noise event. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
3
the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light wordnet
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Brightness from reflected light. countable, uncountable
5
Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour. countable, uncountable

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Shoeshine. countable, uncountable
"Take a shine. You need it."
7
Sunshine (typically in contrast with rain). countable, uncountable
"be fair or foul, or rain or shine"
8
Moonshine; an illicitly brewed alcoholic drink. countable, slang, uncountable
9
A black person. countable, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur, uncountable
10
The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball. countable, uncountable
11
A liking for a person; a fancy. countable, slang, uncountable
"She's certainly taken a shine to you."
12
A caper; an antic; a row. archaic, countable, slang, uncountable

Verb

1
To emit or reflect light so as to glow. copulative, intransitive
"The water shone pacifically; the sky, without a speck, was a benign immensity of unstained light; the very mist on the Essex marshes was like a gauzy and radiant fabric, hung from the wooded rises inland, and draping the low shores in diaphanous folds."
2
To cause (something) to be smooth and shiny by rubbing; put a shine on (something); polish (something). transitive
"He shined my shoes until they were polished smooth and gleaming."
3
make (a surface) shine wordnet
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To reflect light. copulative, intransitive
5
To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing. transitive

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experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion wordnet
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To distinguish oneself; to excel. copulative, intransitive
"My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shone at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team."
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have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink wordnet
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To be effulgent in splendour or beauty. copulative, intransitive
"So proud she shyned in her Princely state."
10
be shiny, as if wet wordnet
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To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers. copulative, intransitive
"Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable."
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touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly wordnet
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To be immediately apparent. copulative, intransitive
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be clear and obvious wordnet
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To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar). transitive
"I shone my light into the darkness to see what was making the noise."
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be distinguished or eminent wordnet
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To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light. transitive
"in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them"
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throw or flash the light of (a lamp) wordnet
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emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light wordnet
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be bright by reflecting or casting light wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English shinen, schinen (preterite schon, past participle schinen), from Old English sċīnan (“to shine, flash; be resplendent”; preterite sċān, past participle sċinen), from Proto-West Germanic *skīnan (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine”).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From the noun shine, or perhaps continuing Middle English schinen in its causative uses, from Old English scīn (“brightness, shine”), and also Middle English schenen, from Old English scǣnan (“to render brilliant, make shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skainijaną, causative of *skīnaną (“to shine”).

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