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.

Examples of "shine" in Sentences

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A "shine" is always a negro, so called, possibly, from the high lights on his countenance.
It always seems to me what really makes a suit shine is the shoes. jupiterthunder dotyoureyes
Neal brought up the flashlight, which blazed a trail through the grass, catching eye-shine from the wildebeest.
You are a marvelous inspiration, Kristin, and the admonition to let our light shine is truly realized by following our dreams.
Guys like AMCC and Motorola develop great technology themselves, but where they shine is delivering well-done implementations.
Where Republicans really shine is claiming to have more power than they do, selling it to the media, and then turning that perception into reality.