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shine

[shahyn]

verb (used without object)

to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.

to be bright with reflected light; glisten; sparkle.

(of light) to appear brightly or strongly, especially uncomfortably so: Wear dark glasses so the sun won't shine in your eyes.

to be or appear unusually animated or bright, as the eyes or face.

to appear with brightness or clearness, as feelings.

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to excel or be conspicuous: to shine in school.

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verb (used with object)

to cause to shine.

to direct the light of (a lamp, mirror, etc.): Shine the flashlight on the steps so I can see.

to put a gloss or polish on; polish (as shoes, silverware, etc.).

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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.

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an act or instance of polishing shoes.

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Informal. a foolish prank; caper.

16.

Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a black person.

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Verb phrase

17.

shine up to, Informal.

to attempt to impress (a person), especially in order to gain benefits for oneself.

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,

regardless of the weather.

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:
before 900; Middle English s(c)hinen (v.), Old English scīnan; cognate with Dutch schijnen, German scheinen, Old Norse skīna, Gothic skeinan

Related forms

un·shined, adjective

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.

Example Sentences

Shine and transparency are two big trends for spring, and there's one material that combines both qualities: clear vinyl.

The stars, freed from the shine of the big nighttime flashlight, stood as precise bright dots.

Revisions to earlier quarters took some of the shine of the news.

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Shine and transparency are two big trends for spring, and there's one material that combines both qualities: clear vinyl.

The stars, freed from the shine of the big nighttime flashlight, stood as precise bright dots.

Revisions to earlier quarters took some of the shine of the news.

Wednesday, for the first time in more than a decade, the full moon will shine over the first day of fall.

The media are more often guilty for deep-sixing issues on which there is a need to shine light.

In the new show, though, it is the ichthyosaur's time to shine.

Striking in borders, especially where sun can shine through blades.

Infrared light, however, can pierce the dust cloud and allow young stars and their outflows to shine through.

Somehow, however, he has managed to shine a veneer of impartiality on the entire muddle.

Now her eyes shine and her face is filled with a broad smile.

Windows get dirty, but you don't need to reach for chemical cleaners to return them to a sparkling shine.

Almost all stars shine as a result of the nuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium.

Scientific illustration is as strong as ever, and there's room for so many less rigorous talents to shine.

Just add candles or string lights to make the space shine at night.

When you shine light on a substance, part of the light is reflected, part is transmitted and part is absorbed.

Instead, try to come up with a fairly generic lesson that has minimal pre-requisite knowledge/reading and that lets you shine.

And they shine a light on powerful figures whose roles in causing the mess have gone unchronicled.

Shine and his research colleagues believe the toads leading the charge are the offspring of bigger and faster toads.

Stars shine so brightly that any planets orbiting them are lost in the glow.

He may have stretched his paint, but it appears he also lessened how long it would shine so brightly.

Whatever accompaniment you choose, tomato water lets its colors shine through but packs a wallop of supporting flavor.

Let the sonic shine in with accurate, smooth old-school stereo components.

Let your personality shine throughnothing is to be lost.

The same sensor is used on a boat to shine a beam off the tiller bar, using the reflection to measure the angle of the rudder.

Like fireflies in a mason jar, galaxies inside a huge cloud of gas make the distant object shine brightly, a new study says.

For something so distant to shine so intensely in our sky, it must be incredibly bright at its source.

If your personality is exuberant and your personality is brilliant and you shine a lot, you can get your name the first day.

Natural elements shine in the garden's furniture and décor.

Social butterflies who shine at parties may get their edge from special genes that make them experts at recognizing faces.

Or maybe they had enough talent to shine in any light.

They may shine at mental long division and be able to expatiate upon the workings of machines or the writings of scholars.

But even dim quasars shine brightly in infrared, which can penetrate the dust.

It also allows unprecedented insight into how stars shine.

Motown allowed for many talented artists/groups to shine through their trade.

He likes hiking through the redwoods and visiting the national parks rain or shine.

But even in the midst of a recession, some emerging technologies shine so bright that investors can't resist.

It is my job to place them in positions where they can shine.

The problem is that the sun does not shine all the time.

Understanding this energy-water nexus can help shine a light on our dependency on both and lead us toward conservation.

Because the planets are so close to their suns, the star shine may burn off a haze that also obscures light, he says.

Find out which characteristics shine on their own and which make good blending ingredients.

There will be less anxiety all around once the device is of an older generation and has lost its shine.

Most of the time the outstanding proposals shine through, and the clunkers are quickly identified and eliminated.

From small boats, they shine bright spotlights across the water, searching for the unmistakable golden shine of crocodile eyes.

Or shine the same with a yellow spotlight in the sky.

The trick here is to keep the supporting colors neutral and allow the vibrant hue to shine.

If you have kids and no help, and you think that you can still shine in your field, forget it.

The piece is fired in a kiln multiple times to melt and solidify the enamel, and finally it is polished to a lustrous shine.

Solar is similar in that it takes up a large area and the sun doesn t always shine.

Rich spice flavors shine in this tender, cakelike bread.

For those whose lights are flickering, let's find a place where they can begin to shine with an even glow.

Shine a flashlight in a lemur's eyes at night, and they'll glow back at you.

If the beam is centered directly between the cells, equal amounts of light will shine on each of them.

Walker's plants grow in well-spaced clusters, allowing their natural forms to shine.

Our fall apparel guide gives the goods for an all-purpose wardrobe come rain, shine or campsite downtime.

Look for fantastic little finds that let your personality shine through.

Below, twin azure lakes shine against the obsidian setting.

Rusty orange mums here and there shine in the late-afternoon sun.

Where possible, let sunlight shine directly on affected surfaces.

The clouds shine because they are high enough to be lit by the sun from below while an observer stands in twilight.

Shine were the particulars in a three-cornered fight in the.

The sun did not shine through for perhaps a year because of a killing cloud cover of dust.

The aim is to make those pellets undergo nuclear fusion-the process that causes stars to shine and hydrogen bombs to explode.

They shine because they are so high they remain lit by the sun even after it has gone below the horizon.

But the spotlight has begun to shine on the practices of police interrogation as well as on the court's presumption of guilt.

Adding a half cup or so of vinegar to the rinse water will increase shine if that's the look you're going for.

One area where the coupe does shine when compared with the roadster is cargo capacity.

Stars shine by nuclear fusion-the merging of light atomic nuclei to release energy.

On the winter solstice, moreover, the rays of the setting sun shine straight into the monument's center.

And if power heat is needed when the sun don't shine it can be fired by wood pellets or any other fuel or heat stored.

Shine one in someone's face, and your target should immediately get the message that it's time to back off.

Our fall apparel guide gives the goods for an all-purpose wardrobe, come rain, shine or campsite downtime.

After all, its first two changes alone will shine enough light on murky practices to revolutionise the gem trade.

It was magic hour in the mountains, when the first shine of day begins to spill over the eastern horizon.

Solar happens at peak power needs and it can be fed wood pellets if needed and the sun don't shine.

Researchers can't shine a light on them because that disrupts their behavior, but they can't see them without light.

Best advice here is to ignore these people versus helping to shine their estate up.

These should be backed up with millions of solar lanterns, which shine by night and recharge by day.

To do so, he used a decades-old microscopy trick in which different colors of light shine on the subject in concentric.

Real cars driven on the track to end all tracks for a whole day, come rain or shine.

Children feel it if you cherish them and it makes them shine with pride and feel good.

One way to compute its value is to shine light through a gas-filled container.

Yellow evokes the shine of the sun and is found throughout nature and the man-made world as a color that commands attention.

Incidentally, contrary to what's said in the first paragraph, there are stars that shine without using nuclear reactions.

If you shine light through some hydrogen gas, there will be dark bands of light at those same colors.

Since grey hair can be so unruly, a clear coating can smooth that out a bit and add some shine.

Where these tariffs shine is for larger installations.

Electro-Graf techniques give traditional tags a vibrant shine or even moving parts.

Even those employees who remain highly productive will be likely to shine only in a narrow field.

If you don't think this affects the climate, you've got your head where the sun don't shine.

He is nimble and appealing enough to shine in the campaign and the forthcoming leaders' debates.

Yellow evokes the shine of the sun and is found throughout nature and the man-made world as a color.

But the shine was bound to come off of video table tennis eventually.

Then he polished them so that the purity and grace of nature's handiwork could shine through.

They spend many hours preening their feathers for a shine fit for a shampoo commercial.

The manufacturer says this new feature gives the ball the same feel whatever the playing conditions, rain or shine.

The cameos are soaked in olive oil to prevent them from becoming brittle, and then polished to reveal their shine.

Corals and fish shine in sunlight trickling through to the shallow-water reef.

He is a big man with a lined face, graying beard, and eyes that shine.

His star power continues to shine bright to this day.

We take a torch, shine it on the sail to make ourselves more visible.

Most are built from mahogany and varnished with a brilliant red shine that looks rather dazzling out on the.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun Slang.

moonshine.

Origin:
1935–40; by shortening

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World English Dictionary

shine (ʃaɪn)

—vb , shines, shining, shone
1.	(intr) to emit light
2.	(intr) to glow or be bright with reflected light
3.	(tr) to direct the light of (a lamp, etc): he shone the torch in my eyes
4.	(tr; past tense and past participle shined) to cause to gleam by polishing: to shine shoes
5.	(intr) to be conspicuously competent; excel: she shines at tennis
6.	(intr) to appear clearly; be conspicuous: the truth shone out of his words

—n
7.	the state or quality of shining; sheen; lustre
8.	rain or shine, come rain or shine
	a. whatever the weather
	b. regardless of circumstances
9.	informal short for moonshine
10.	informal a liking or fancy (esp in the phrase take a shine to)

[Old English scīnan; related to Old Norse skīna, Gothic skeinan, Old High German scīnan to shine, Greek skia shadow]

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Word Origin & History

shine

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,

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shine;" Skt. chaya, Gk. skia "shade"). Transitive meaning "to black (boots)" is from 1613.

shine

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

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Slang Dictionary

shine (so) definition

tv.
to insult someone; to deceive someone. : Stop shining me. I'm cool, man, ice.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Idioms & Phrases

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.