to shine
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1.0
- verb
- /ʃaɪn/
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- We could both see the back of my car crumpled and shining, stripped of paint.
- the sun shines
- shine brightly
- the stars shine
He had gorgeous green yellow eyes that shone like glass on beads.
- He had gorgeous green yellow eyes that shone like glass on beads.
- Imagine you have a source of light shining against the screen with two slits.
- They would have heard on earth that light shines on things, right?
- May God cause his face to shine upon you and give you peace.
- And so light shone upon the dark ages of Europe.
- And yet the curious tools shine with your fingerprints.
- All right, you wake up in the morning, sun shines, you know, you breathe there.
Examples
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And they look back on this blue thing that shines with life.
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Golden Sun, please shine down on me.
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May God cause his face to shine upon you and give you peace.
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All right, it's your turn to shine.
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It's your time to shine.
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"Now, so many years later, the sun is shining on a hot June day."
Academic text (2008) -
We had the top down, the moon was shining, and we drove along the beach.
Fiction book (1990) -
And the sun that shines for us.
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For a moment, the objects hang shining and suspended in the light of the streetlamp.
Fiction book (1990) -
The diamond will shine brilliantly when it is polished.
Synonyms
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2.3
To produce light and heat from fire
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1.2
To shine with a steady soft light
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1.0
To give a sudden short bright light
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1.9
To shine softly, often on a smooth or wet surface
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2.5
Begin to shine or make something begin to shine, for example by burning
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1.3
To shine with many small bright points of light on something
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4.3
To shine with a soft, slightly moving light
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4.1
Shine with a soft light, like when wet or polished
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1.7
To burn or shine with a bright, hot light
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1.0
To shine with small bright flashes of light
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3.9
To shine briefly with a small flash as light bounces off something
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3.0
To shine brightly and send light in a certain direction
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4.0
Shine or sparkle when light hits them
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3.3
To shine with a bright, harsh light that hurts your eyes
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8.8
To shine with small bright flashes
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4.1
Light that shines down from above, often from the sun
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Etymology
Shine comes from the old English word scīnan, which meant 'to give light' and is like the word sheen, so to shine is to send out or reflect light.