shine

shine (sh

v. shone (sh

n) 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.

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.

Idioms:

shine up to Informal

To try to impress or please: shined up to the boss, hoping to get a raise.

take a shine to Informal

To like spontaneously.

[Middle English shinen, from Old English scnan.]

shine

Verb

[shining, shone]

1. to give off or reflect light

2. to direct the light of (a lamp or torch): I shone a torch at the ceiling

3. pt & pp shined to make clean and bright by polishing: they earned money by shining shoes

4. to be very good at something: she shone in most subjects, she shone at school

5. to appear very bright and clear: her hair shone like gold

Noun

1. brightness or lustre

2. take a shine to someone Informal to take a liking to someone [Old English scīnan]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	shine - the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light effulgence, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, radiance brightness - the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white gleam, lambency, gleaming, glow - an appearance of reflected light sheen, shininess, luster, lustre - the visual property of something that shines with reflected light burnish, glossiness, polish, gloss - the property of being smooth and shiny
Verb	1.	shine - be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects" reflect resplend - be resplendent or radiant; to shine brightly; "The Queen's garments resplended in velvet and jewels" glare - be sharply reflected; "The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface" opalesce - reflect light or colors like an opal; "Distant clouds opalesce like pale brocade"; "raindrops caught in a sunbeam seem to opalesce" luminesce - be or become luminescent; exhibit luminescence coruscate, sparkle, scintillate - reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside" give out, emit, give off - give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits"
	2.	shine - emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces" beam beat down - shine hard; "The sun beat down on the hikers" beacon - shine like a beacon glare - shine intensely; "The sun glared down on us" flame, flare - shine with a sudden light; "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment" outshine - shine brighter than; "What star outshines the sun?" shimmer - shine with a weak or fitful light; "Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight" flicker, flick - shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered" blaze - shine brightly and intensively; "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere" winkle, twinkle, scintillate - emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" burn, glow - shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning"
	3.	shine - be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" gleam, glint, glisten, glitter appear, seem, look - give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" spangle - glitter as if covered with spangles shimmer - give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
	4.	shine - be distinguished or eminent; "His talent shines" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	5.	shine - be clear and obvious; "A shining example" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	6.	shine - have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" glow, radiate, beam appear, seem, look - give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"
	7.	shine - throw or flash the light of (a lamp); "Shine the light on that window, please"
	8.	shine - 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" fall, strike hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
	9.	shine - 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, radiate, beam feel, experience - undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"
	10.	shine - make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes" polish, smooth, smoothen beautify, fancify, prettify, embellish - make more beautiful Simonise, Simonize - polish with wax; "The motorcycle has been Simonized" sleek, slick - make slick or smooth burnish, furbish, buff - polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes" gloss - give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing