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SHINE DEFINITIONS - 17 definitions found


Websters 1828 Dictionary

Shine SHINE, v.i. [If s is a prefix, this word accords with the root of L. canus, caneo.
1. To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit lightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night. Shining differs from sparkling, glistening, glittering, as it usually implies a steady radiation or emission of light, whereas the latter words usually imply irregular or interrupted radiation. This distinction is not always not always observed, and we may say, the fixed stars shine, as well as they sparkle. But we never say the sun or the moon sparkles.
2. To be bright; to be lively and animated; to be brilliant.
Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster. Denham.
3. To be unclouded; as, the moon shines.
4. To be glossy or bright, as silk.
Fish with their fins and shining scales. Milton.
5. To be gay or splendid.
So proud she shined in her princely state. Spenser.
6. To be beautiful.
Once brightest shin'd this child of heat and air. Pope.
7. To be eminent, conspicuous or distinguished; as, to shine in courts.
Few are qualified to shine in company. Swift.
8. To give light, real or figurative.
The light of righteousness hath not shined to us. Wisdom.
9. To manifest glorious excellencies.
10. To be clearly published.
11. To be conspicuously displayed; to be manifest.
Let your light so shine before men- Mat 5.
To cause the face to shine, to be propitious.
SHINE, n.
1. Fair weather.
Be it fair or foul, rain or shine. Dryden.
2. Brightness; splendor; luster; gloss.
The glittering shine of gold. Decay of Piety.
Fair op'ning to some court's propitious shine. [Not elegant.] Pope.


WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)

shine n 1: the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light [syn: radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency] v 1: be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully --the wet road reflects" [syn: reflect, shine] 2: emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces" [syn: shine, beam] 3: be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn: glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine] 4: be distinguished or eminent; "His talent shines" 5: be clear and obvious; "A shining example" 6: have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" [syn: glow, beam, radiate, shine] 7: throw or flash the light of (a lamp); "Shine the light on that window, please" 8: touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears" [syn: fall, shine, strike] 9: experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness" [syn: glow, beam, radiate, shine] 10: make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes" [syn: polish, smooth, smoothen, shine]




Anagrams

shine hines hsien

English Language Idioms

shine ʃaɪn See: RAIN OR SHINE, TAKE A SHINE TO.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)

shine I. verb (shone or shined; shining) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scīnan; akin to Old High German skīnan to shine and perhaps to Greek skia shadow Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to emit rays of light 2. to be bright by reflection of light 3. a. to be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished <shines in math> b. to perform extremely well <when will stocks really shine again? — Temma Ehrenfeld> 4. to have a bright glowing appearance <his face shone with enthusiasm> 5. to be conspicuously evident or clear transitive verb 1. a. to cause to emit light b. to throw or direct the light of 2. past & past participle shined to make bright by polishing <shined his shoes> II. noun Date: 15th century 1. brightness caused by the emission of light 2. brightness caused by the reflection of light ; luster <the shine of polished silver> 3. brilliance, splendor <still has a shine about her> 4. fair weather ; sunshine <rain or shine> 5. trick, caper — usually used in plural 6. liking, fancy <took a shine to him> 7. a. a polish or gloss given to shoes b. a single polishing of a pair of shoes

Oxford English Reference Dictionary

shine
v. & n.
--v. (past and past part. shone or shined)
1 intr. emit or reflect light; be bright; glow (the lamp was shining; his face shone with gratitude).
2 intr. (of the sun, a star, etc.) not be obscured by clouds etc.; be visible.
3 tr. cause (a lamp etc.) to shine.
4 tr. (past and past part. shined) make bright; polish (shined his shoes).
5 intr. be brilliant in some respect; excel (does not shine in conversation; is a shining example).
--n.
1 light; brightness, esp. reflected.
2 a high polish; lustre.
3 US the act or an instance of shining esp. shoes.
Phrases and idioms:
shine up to US seek to ingratiate oneself with. take the shine out of
1 spoil the brilliance or newness of.
2 throw into the shade by surpassing. take a shine to colloq. take a fancy to; like.
Derivatives:
shiningly adv.
Etymology: OE scinan f. Gmc


Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary

shine (shines, shining, shined, shone) 1. When the sun or a light shines, it gives out bright light. It is a mild morning and the sun is shining... A few scattered lights shone on the horizon. VERB: V, V 2. If you shine a torch or other light somewhere, you point it there, so that you can see something when it is dark. One of the men shone a torch in his face... The man walked slowly towards her, shining the flashlight. VERB: V n prep, V n 3. Something that shines is very bright and clear because it is reflecting light. Her blue eyes shone and caught the light. ...shining aluminum machines. = gleam VERB: V, V-ing 4. Something that has a shine is bright and clear because it is reflecting light. This gel gives a beautiful shine to the hair... = sheen N-SING 5. If you shine a wooden, leather, or metal object, you make it bright by rubbing or polishing it. Let him dust and shine the furniture... = polish VERB: V n 6. Someone who shines at a skill or activity does it extremely well. Did you shine at school?... = excel VERB: V 7. see also shining 8. If you say that someone has taken a shine to another person, you mean that he or she liked them very much at their first meeting. (INFORMAL) Seems to me you've taken quite a shine to Miss Richmond. PHRASE: V inflects 9. rain or shine: see rain

English-Old English dictionary

shine
scinan, glitenian, ablican, blican, scinan

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

SHINE It shines like a shitten barn door.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shine \Shine\, a. [AS. sc[=i]n. See Shine, v. i.] Shining; sheen. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

SHINE shin: The Hebrew words 'ahal, 'or, halal, zahar, zarach, yapha`, naghah, `ashath and qaran are all translated "shine." All indicate either the direct or indirect diffusion of beams of light. In a direct and literal sense the word "shine" is used of the heavenly bodies, or of candles, and fire (Job 18:5; 25:5 the King James Version; Job 29:3; 31:26; 2Ki 3:22). In a figurative sense it is used of reflected light or brightness, in any sense (Ex 34:29 f,35; Isa 60:1; Eze 43:2; Da 12:3). God as the sun of righteousness is thus depicted in Ps 50:2. The New Testament words astrapto, augazo, lampo and phaino are translated "shine." Thus literally it is said of the lightning that it shines (Mt 24:27 the King James Version; Lu 17:24); the word is tropically applied to the life of faith or to men prominent in the kingdom of God (Mt 5:16; Joh 5:35; 2Co 4:6; Php 2:15; 2Pe 1:19); to the glory of God (Lu 2:9); to angelic appearances (Lu 24:4; Ac 12:7), or to Christ as He appeared to John on Patmos (Re 1:16). Henry E. Dosker

Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms

shine I. v. n. 1. Beam, radiate, gleam, give light. 2. Glitter, glisten, sparkle, gleam, glow, glare, coruscate, be bright, be brilliant. 3. Be eminent, be distinguished, be conspicuous, excel. 4. Be prominent. II. n. 1. Fair weather, sunshine. 2. Brightness, splendor, lustre, brilliancy, polish, gloss.

English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms)

shine ʃaɪn v. 1 gleam, glow, shimmer, radiate, beam, glare, flare, glisten, glitter, coruscate, twinkle, sparkle, scintillate, glint, flash, flicker: The light of a candle shone from her window. The stars are shining brightly. I want that brass polished till it shines. 2 polish, burnish, rub (up or down), buff, brush, brighten: You'd best shine your shoes before going for the job interview. 3 excel, surpass, stand out, outshine, be outstanding or pre-eminent or excellent or prominent or conspicuous: She had shone at tennis from a very early age, and first entered Wimbledon when she was twelve. --n. 4 gleam, glow, shimmer, sparkle, brightness, radiance, gloss, lustre, sheen, glaze, patina: That shine was achieved with a little wax and elbow-grease. 5 take a shine to. like, be attracted to, take a fancy to, fancy: Her Great Dane has taken a shine to me and likes to sit on my lap.

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

210 Moby Thesaurus words for "shine": Amor, Christian love, Eros, Platonic love, admiration, adoration, affection, afterglow, agape, air glow, antic, ardency, ardor, array, attachment, bathtub gin, be born for, be bright, be master of, be somebody, be something, beacon, beam, bedazzle, beggar description, blaze, blind, bloom, bodily love, bootleg liquor, brighten, brighten up, brightness, broad day, brotherly love, brush, brush up, buff, burn, burnish, candescence, caper, caritas, charity, conjugal love, coruscate, cut a dash, cut a figure, cut a swath, dawn, day, day glow, daylight, dayshine, daytide, daytime, daze, dazzle, desire, devotion, diffuse light, dress, dusk, excel, faithful love, fancy, fanfare, fervor, figure, finish, fix, flame, flare, flash, flicker, flourish, flush, fondness, free love, free-lovism, freshen, frolic, fulgurate, full sun, furbish, furbish up, give light, glance, glare, glaze, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, gloss, glow, green flash, heart, hero worship, home brew, hooch, idolatry, idolism, idolization, incandesce, incandescence, knock dead, lark, lasciviousness, libido, light of day, like, liking, live, love, lovemaking, luminesce, luster, make a figure, make a show, make a splash, married love, midday sun, monkeyshine, moonshine, mountain dew, noonlight, noontide light, outshine, panoply, parade, passion, patina, physical love, polish, polish up, pomp, popular regard, popularity, radiance, radiate, ray of sunshine, regard, renovate, repair, retouch, revive, rub, rub down, rub up, sand, sandblast, sandpaper, scintillate, scour, send out rays, sentiment, sex, sexual love, sheen, shenanigan, shimmer, shine brightly, shine in, shininess, shining light, shoot, shoot out rays, show, skylight, sleek, slick, slick down, smooth, sparkle, spellbind, spiritual love, splash, splurge, spruce, spruce up, stand out, sun spark, sunbeam, sunbreak, sunburst, sunlight, sunset glow, sunshine, surpass, tender feeling, tender passion, tomfoolery, tone up, touch up, trick, truelove, twilight, twinkle, uxoriousness, vamp, vamp up, varnish, wax, weakness, white lightning, white mule, worship, yearning


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