definition of the word shine

Old English scīnan, from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch schijnen, German scheinen, Swedish skina.

• enPR: shīn
• IPA: /ʃaɪn/, SAMPA: /SaIn/
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• Rhymes: -aɪn

to shine (third-person singular simple present shines, present participle shining, simple past and past participle shined or shone)

1. (intransitive) To emit light.
2. (intransitive) To reflect light.
3. (intransitive) To distinguish oneself; to excel.
4. (intransitive) To be immediately apparent.
5. (transitive) To polish (something).
6. (transitive, cricket) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.
7. (transitive) (ergative) To create light with a flashlight, lamp, torch, etc.

• (to emit light): beam, glow, radiate
• (to reflect light): gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, reflect
• (to distinguish oneself): excel
• (to polish): polish, smooth, smoothen

• (to emit light): beam, flash, glare, glimmer, shimmer, twinkle

• rise and shine

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