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shine

1  [shahyn] verb, shone or, especially for 9, 17, shined; shin⋅ing; noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
2. to be bright with reflected light; glisten; sparkle.
3. (of light) to appear brightly or strongly, esp. uncomfortably so: Wear dark glasses so the sun won't shine in your eyes.
4. to be or appear unusually animated or bright, as the eyes or face.
5. to appear with brightness or clearness, as feelings.
6. to excel or be conspicuous: to shine in school.
–verb (used with object)
7. to cause to shine.
8. to direct the light of (a lamp, mirror, etc.): Shine the flashlight on the steps so I can see.
9. to put a gloss or polish on; polish (as shoes, silverware, etc.).
–noun
10. radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
11. luster; polish.
12. sunshine; fair weather.
13. a polish or gloss given to shoes.
14. an act or instance of polishing shoes.
15. Informal. a foolish prank; caper.
16. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a black person.
—Verb phrase
17. shine up to, Informal.
a. to attempt to impress (a person), esp. in order to gain benefits for oneself.
b. to become especially attentive to (one of the opposite sex): Men shine up to her like moths to a light.
—Idioms
18. come rain or shine,
a. regardless of the weather.
b. no matter what the circumstances may be: Come rain or shine, he is always on the job.
Also, rain or shine.
19. take a shine to, Informal. to take a liking or fancy to: That little girl has really taken a shine to you.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME s(c)hinen (v.), OE scīnan; c. D schijnen, G scheinen, ON skīna, Goth skeinan

Synonyms:
1. glimmer, shimmer. Shine, beam, glare refer to the emitting or reflecting of light. Shine refers to a steady glowing or reflecting of light: to shine in the sun. That which beams gives forth a radiant or bright light: to beam like a star. Glare refers to the shining of a light that is not only bright but so strong as to be unpleasant and dazzling: to glare like a headlight. 9. buff, burnish, brighten. 11. gloss, gleam, glow, sheen.
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shine

2  [shahyn]
–noun Slang.
moonshine.
Origin:
1935–40; by shortening
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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shine   (shīn)   
v.   shone (shōn) 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.

[Middle English shinen, from Old English scīnan.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Shine

Shine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shone (? or ?; 277) (archaic Shined); p. pr. & vb. n. Shining.] [OE. shinen, schinen, AS. sc[=i]nan; akin to D. schijnen, OFries. sk[=i]na, OS. & OHG. sc[=i]nan, G. scheinen, Icel. sk[=i]na, Sw. skina, Dan. skinne, Goth. skeinan, and perh. to Gr. ??? shadow. [root]157. Cf. Sheer pure, and Shimmer.]

1. To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night.

Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine. --Shak.

God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Cghrist. --2 Cor. iv. 6.

Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster. --Denham.

2. To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.

3. To be effulgent in splendor or beauty. "So proud she shined in her princely state." --Spenser.

Once brightest shined this child of heat and air. --Pope.

4. To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation.

Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable. --Swift.

To make, or cause, the face to shine upon, to be propitious to; to be gracious to. --Num. vi. 25.

Shine

Shine\, v. t. 1. To cause to shine, as a light. [Obs.]

He [God] doth not rain wealth, nor shine honor and virtues, upon men equally. --Bacon.

2. To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them. [U. S.] --Bartlett.

Shine

Shine\, n. 1. The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen.

Now sits not girt with taper's holy shine. --Milton.

Fair opening to some court's propitious shine. --Pope.

The distant shine of the celestial city. --Hawthorne.

2. Sunshine; fair weather.

Be it fair or foul, or rain or shine. --Dryden.

3. A liking for a person; a fancy. [Slang, U.S.]

4. Caper; antic; row. [Slang]

To cut up shines, to play pranks. [Slang, U.S.]

Shine

Shine\, a. [AS. sc[=i]n. See Shine, v. i.] Shining; sheen. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Language Translation for : shine
Spanish: brillar,
German: leuchten,scheinen,
Japanese: 照らす
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shine  (v.)
O.E. scinan "shed light, be radiant" (class I strong verb; past tense scan, pp. scinen), from P.Gmc. *skinanan (cf. O.S., O.H.G. skinan, O.N., O.Fris. skina, Du. schijnen, Ger. scheinen, Goth. skeinan "to shine, appear"), from PIE base *skai- "to gleam, shine, flicker" (cf. O.C.S. snati "to flash up, shine;" Skt. chaya, Gk. skia "shade"). Transitive meaning "to black (boots)" is from 1613.

shine  (n.)
1529, "brightness," from shine (v.). Meaning "polish given to a pair of boots" is from 1871. Derogatory meaning "black person" is from 1908. Phrase to take a shine to "fancy" is Amer.Eng. slang from 1839. Shiner for "black eye" first recorded 1904.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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shine

In addition to the idiom beginning with shine, also see make hay while the sun shines; rain or shine; rise and shine; take a fancy (shine) to.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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