shine
IPA: ʃˈaɪn
noun
- 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.
verb
- (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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Examples of "shine" in Sentences
- The gem shines brightly.
- The chaos ends and the sun shines.
- I used a polisher to shine my shoes.
- The light shines the moor in the night.
- The projector shines an image into the eye.
- The floor was linoleum and shined from much polishing and care.