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shine
1[ shahyn ]
verb (used without object)
- to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- (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.
- to excel or be conspicuous:
to shine in school.
verb (used with object)
noun
verb phrase
- Informal.
- to attempt to impress (a person), especially in order to gain benefits for oneself.
- to become especially attentive to (a potential romantic partner):
Men shine up to her like moths to a light.
shine
2[ shahyn ]
noun
shine
/ ʃaɪn /
verb
- intr to emit light
- intr to glow or be bright with reflected light
- tr to direct the light of (a lamp, etc)
he shone the torch in my eyes
- tr; past tense and past participle shined to cause to gleam by polishing
to shine shoes
- intr to be conspicuously competent; excel
she shines at tennis
- intr to appear clearly; be conspicuous
the truth shone out of his words
noun
- the state or quality of shining; sheen; lustre
- rain or shine or come rain or shine
- whatever the weather
- regardless of circumstances
- informal.short for moonshine
- informal.a liking or fancy (esp in the phrase take a shine to )
Other Words From
- un·shined adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of shine1
Origin of shine2
Word History and Origins
Origin of shine1
Idioms and Phrases
- regardless of the weather.
- no matter what the circumstances may be:
Come rain or shine, he is always on the job.
- take a shine to, Informal. to take a liking or fancy to:
That little girl has really taken a shine to you.
More idioms and phrases containing 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 .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Adam Hastings says Scotland's top players will need to step up and "really shine" if the squad is to deliver a successful Six Nations amid a deepening injury crisis.
But over a series of interviews, captured on film, they courageously shone a light on the darkness they inhabited for so long.
The explanation for their propinquity lies not in the creation of some whiz-bang, life-changing, paradigm-bending consumer product, or the shining virtues or particularly fertile minds that grace Silicon Valley’s fruited plain.
Ms Almonds-Windmill is keen to shine further light on her father; one of the key characters in the series.
Their summer holidays had just begun and the sun was shining down on the town as they were dropped off by their parents.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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