1. (noun)shining, polishing the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it "the shining of shoes provided a meager living"; "every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing"
2. (adj)shining marked by exceptional merit "had shining virtues and few faults"; "a shining example"
3. (adj)bright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow "bright silver candlesticks"; "a burnished brass knocker"; "she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves"; "rows of shining glasses"; "shiny black patents"
4. (adj)glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining reflecting light "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel"
Definition of 'shining'
