SHINE

radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency

(noun) the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

polish, smooth, smoothen, shine

(verb) make (a surface) shine; “shine the silver, please”; “polish my shoes”

glow, beam, radiate, shine

(verb) experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; “She was beaming with joy”; “Her face radiated with happiness”

glow, beam, radiate, shine

(verb) have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink; “Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna”

glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine

(verb) be shiny, as if wet; “His eyes were glistening”

fall, shine, strike

(verb) touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; “Light fell on her face”; “The sun shone on the fields”; “The light struck the golden necklace”; “A strange sound struck my ears”

shine

(verb) be clear and obvious; “A shining example”

shine

(verb) be distinguished or eminent; “His talent shines”

shine

(verb) throw or flash the light of (a lamp); “Shine the light on that window, please”

shine, beam

(verb) emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; “The sun shone bright that day”; “The fire beamed on their faces”

reflect, shine

(verb) be bright by reflecting or casting light; “Drive carefully--the wet road reflects”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Shine (plural Shines)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shine is the 5595^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6217 individuals. Shine is most common among White (58.65%) and Black/African American (34.34%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Enshi, Heins, Hines, NIEHS, hsien

Etymology 1

Verb

shine (third-person singular simple present shines, present participle shining, simple past and past participle shined or shone)

(intransitive) To emit light.

(intransitive) To reflect light.

(intransitive) To distinguish oneself; to excel.

(intransitive) To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.

(intransitive) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.

(intransitive) To be immediately apparent.

(transitive) To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).

(transitive) To cause to shine, as a light.

(US, transitive) To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.

Synonyms

• (to emit light): beam, glow, radiate

• (to reflect light): gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, reflect

• (to distinguish oneself): excel

• (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing): wax, buff, polish, furbish, burnish

Coordinate terms

• (to emit light): beam, flash, glare, glimmer, shimmer, twinkle

Noun

shine (countable and uncountable, plural shines)

Brightness from a source of light.

Brightness from reflected light.

Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.

Shoeshine.

Sunshine.

(slang) Moonshine; illicitly brewed alcoholic drink.

(cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.

(slang) A liking for a person; a fancy.

(archaic, slang) A caper; an antic; a row.

Synonyms

• (brightness from a source of light): effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency

• (brightness from reflected light): luster

• (excellence in quality or appearance): brilliance, splendor

• (shoeshine): See shoeshine

• (sunshine): See sunshine

• (slang: moonshine): See moonshine

Etymology 2

Verb

shine (third-person singular simple present shines, present participle shining, simple past and past participle shined)

(transitive) To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).

(transitive, cricket) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.

Synonyms

• (to polish): polish, smooth, smoothen

Anagrams

• Enshi, Heins, Hines, NIEHS, hsien

Source: Wiktionary

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Shine, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shone ( (archaic Shined (); p. pr. & vb. n. Shining.] Etym: [OE. shinen, schinen, AS. scinan; akin to D. schijnen, OFries. skina, OS. & OHG. scinan, G. scheinen, Icel.skina, Sw. skina, Dan. skinne, Goth. skeinan, and perh. to Gr. Sheer pure, and Shimmer.]

1. To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night. Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine. Shak. God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Cghrist. 2 Cor. iv. 6. Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster. Denham.

2. To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.

3. To be effulgent in splendor or beauty. "So proud she shined in her princely state." Spenser. Once brightest shined this child of heat and air. Pope.

4. To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation. Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable. Swift. To make, or cause, the face to shine upon, to be propitious to; to be gracious to. Num. vi. 25.

Shine, v. t.

1. To cause to shine, as a light. [Obs.] He [God] doth not rain wealth, nor shine honor and virtues, upon men equally. Bacon.

2. To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them. [U. S.] Bartlett.

Shine, n.

1. The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen. Now sits not girt with taper's holy shine. Milton. Fair opening to some court's propitious shine. Pope. The distant shine of the celestial city. Hawthorne.

2. Sunshine; fair weather. Be it fair or foul, or rain or shine. Dryden.

3. A liking for a person; a fancy. [Slang, U.S.]

4. Caper; antic; row. [Slang] To cut up shines, to play pranks. [Slang, U.S.]

Shine, a. Etym: [AS. scin. See Shine, v. i.]

Definition: Shining; sheen. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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