shining

shine  (shn)

v. shone (shn) 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.

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.

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[Middle English shinen, from Old English scnan.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shining - the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it; "the shining of shoes provided a meager living"; "every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing" polishing work - activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work" shoeshine - the act of shining shoes; "he charged a dollar for a shoeshine"
Adj.	1.	shining - marked by exceptional merit; "had shining virtues and few faults"; "a shining example" superior - of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"
	2.	shining - made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; "bright silver candlesticks"; "a burnished brass knocker"; "she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves"; "rows of shining glasses"; "shiny black patents" burnished, lustrous, shiny, bright polished - perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver"
	3.	shining - reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel" glistening, sheeny, shiny, glossy, lustrous bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"

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shining

adjective

1. outstanding, glorious, splendid, leading, celebrated, brilliant, distinguished, eminent, conspicuous, illustrious She is a shining example to us all.

2. bright, brilliant, gleaming, beaming, sparkling, glittering, shimmering, radiant, luminous, glistening, resplendent, aglow, effulgent, incandescent shining brass buttons

Translations

shining [ˈʃaɪnɪŋ] ADJ [surface, light] → brillante; [face] → radiante; [hair] → brillante, lustroso; [eyes] → brillante, chispeante
a shining example → un ejemplo perfecto

shining [ˈʃaɪnɪŋ] adj

(= gleaming) [eyes, hair, face, metal] → brillant(e)

(= outstanding) [success] → éclatant(e)
a shining example to sb → un modèle pour qn

shining

adj (lit, fig) → leuchtend; light → strahlend; metal, paint, hair → glänzend; car → blitzend, blitzblank; a shining light (fig) → eine Leuchte; shining white → leuchtend or strahlend weiß; he’s my knight in shining armour (Brit) or armor (US) → er ist mein Märchenprinz

shining [ˈʃaɪnɪŋ] adj (surface, hair) → lucente; (light) → brillante; (eyes) → splendente
a shining example (fig) → un fulgido esempio

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shining [ˈʃaɪnɪŋ] adj (surface, hair) → lucente; (light) → brillante; (eyes) → splendente
a shining example (fig) → un fulgido esempio