polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
(verb) make (a surface) shine; âshine the silver, pleaseâ; âpolish my shoesâ
glow, beam, radiate, shine
(verb) experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; âShe was beaming with joyâ; âHer face radiated with happinessâ
glow, beam, radiate, shine
(verb) have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink; âHer face glowed when she came out of the saunaâ
glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine
(verb) be shiny, as if wet; âHis eyes were glisteningâ
fall, shine, strike
(verb) touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; âLight fell on her faceâ; âThe sun shone on the fieldsâ; âThe light struck the golden necklaceâ; âA strange sound struck my earsâ
shine
(verb) be clear and obvious; âA shining exampleâ
shine
(verb) be distinguished or eminent; âHis talent shinesâ
shine
(verb) throw or flash the light of (a lamp); âShine the light on that window, pleaseâ
shine, beam
(verb) emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; âThe sun shone bright that dayâ; âThe fire beamed on their facesâ
reflect, shine
(verb) be bright by reflecting or casting light; âDrive carefully--the wet road reflectsâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shone
simple past tense and past participle of shine
• hones, hosen
Source: Wiktionary
Shone,
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Shine.
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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., âthe father of the brideâ instead of âthe brideâs fatherâ
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