shine

IPA: ʃˈaɪn

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.
A surname.

(intransitive, copulative) To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
(intransitive, copulative) To reflect light.
(intransitive, copulative) To distinguish oneself; to excel.
(intransitive, copulative) To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
(intransitive, copulative) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
(intransitive, copulative) To be immediately apparent.
(transitive) To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
(transitive) To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light.
(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.

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