shine
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- noun
- /ʃaɪn/
- The bright shine of the polished surface made the room feel more welcoming.
- rain or shine
- the shine of light
- hair shine
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Watch on YouTubeI mean, I go rain or shine to that market.
- I mean, I go rain or shine to that market.
- Come rain, come shine, come heat in Miami.
- It's a glass like shine and that's why it's amazing.
- So it's just giving a bit more shine around that area.
- Here come all stealing my whole shine and almost die.
- So it's just like a shine mist that I've been using.
Examples
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Ark's STO team stood in perfect form, their armor shining and immaculate.
Fiction book (1992) -
OK, This powder has taken down the shine, but not too much.
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So it's just giving a bit more shine around that area.
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Your shine, it comes from inside you.
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Her face, and the flat smooth shine her features had become, reflected the joy around her.
Fiction book (1990) -
I thought the leather had a nice shine, but the shoes were made with cardboard.
Fiction book (1990) -
His hair had the metallic shine of copper and was elegantly cut.
Fiction book (1990) -
So it's just like a shine mist that I've been using.
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Peering down, he nodded as he saw the shine below the flames.
Fiction book (1992) -
They're from Maybelline and they're the shine finish lipsticks.
Synonyms
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How much light something gives or how close it looks to white
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A bright shine that makes small flashes of light
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A bright, sparkling shine seen from far away
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4.2
A bright glow in someone's face that shows health or happiness
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7.3
How much light an object gives or reflects
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A very bright light that makes it hard to see
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A bright shine made when light bounces off a surface
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How bright and smooth a surface is when it sends back light
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A very bright, shining light that fills a place
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Bright, strong light that shines from something like the sun or a diamond
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A very shiny smooth surface that reflects light brightly
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9.9
A bright, strong light like the sun that shines out
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How bright something is because it gives or reflects light
A very bright, strong light that shines from something
Idioms
Compounds
How Bright
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shine comes from the old English word scīnan, which meant 'to give light' and is like the word sheen, so as a noun shine means the bright glow something shows.