Definitions for shine
ʃaɪnshine

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgencyverb

   the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

2. reflect, shineverb

   be bright by reflecting or casting light

   "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects"

3. shine, beamverb

   emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light

   "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces"

4. glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shineverb

   be shiny, as if wet

   "His eyes were glistening"

5. shineverb

   be distinguished or eminent

   "His talent shines"

6. shineverb

   be clear and obvious

   "A shining example"

7. glow, beam, radiate, shineverb

   have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

   "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna"

8. shineverb

   throw or flash the light of (a lamp)

   "Shine the light on that window, please"

9. fall, shine, strikeverb

   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"

10. glow, beam, radiate, shineverb

    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"

11. polish, smooth, smoothen, shineverb

    make (a surface) shine

    "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shinenoun

   Brightness from a source of light.

2. shinenoun

   Brightness from reflected light.

3. shinenoun

   Excellence in quality or appearance.

4. shinenoun

   Shoeshine.

5. shinenoun

   Sunshine.

6. shinenoun

   Moonshine.

7. shinenoun

   The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.

8. shineverb

   To emit light.

9. shineverb

   To reflect light.

10. shineverb

    To distinguish oneself; to excel.

    My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shined at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team.

11. shineverb

    To be immediately apparent.

12. shineverb

    To polish (something).

    He shined my shoes until they were polished smooth and gleaming.

13. shineverb

    To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one's clothing.

14. shineverb

    To create light with a flashlight, lamp, torch, etc.

    I shined my light into the darkness to see what was making the noise.

15. Etymology: scīnan, from skīnanan. Cognate with Dutch schijnen, German scheinen, Swedish skina.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shinenoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. Fair weather.

   Be it fair or foul, or rain or shine. Dryden.

   He will accustom himself to heat and cold, and shine and rain; all which if a man’s body will not endure, it will serve him to very little purpose. John Locke.

   2. Brightness; splendour; lustre. It is a word, though not unanalogical, yet ungraceful, and little used.

   He that has inured his eyes to that divine splendour, which results from the beauty of holiness, is not dazzled with the glittering shine of gold, and considers it as a vein of the same earth he treads on. Decay of Piety.

   Say, in what mortal soil thou deign’st to grow?
   Fair op’ning to some court’s propitious shine,
   Or deep with di’monds in the flaming mine? Alexander Pope.

2. To SHINEverb

   preterite I shone, I have shone; sometimes I shined, I have shined.

   Etymology: scinan , Saxon; schijnen, Dutch.

   1. To have bright resplendence; to glitter; to glisten; to gleam.

   To-day the French,
   All clinquant, all in gold, like heathen gods,
   Shone down the English; and to-morrow
   Made Britain India: ev’ry man that stood,
   Shew’d like a mine. William Shakespeare.

   True paradise inclos’d with shining rock. John Milton.

   We can dismiss thee ere the morning shine. John Milton.

   Fair daughter, blow away these mists and clouds,
   And let thy eyes shine forth in their full lustre. John Denham.

   The sun shines when he sees it. John Locke.

   2. To be without clouds.

   The moon shines bright: in such a night as this,
   When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees,
   And they did make no noise. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Venico.

   How bright and goodly shines the moon!
   The moon! the sun: it is not moonlight now. William Shakespeare.

   Two men stood by them in shining garments. Lu. xxiv. 4.

   Clear pools greatly comfort the eyes when the sun is overcast, or when the moon shineth. Francis Bacon.

   3. To be glossy.

   They are waxen fat, they shine. Jer. v. 28.

   Fish with their fins and shining scales. John Milton.

   The colour and shining of bodies is nothing but the different arrangement and refraction of their minute parts. John Locke.

   4. To be gay; to be splendid.

   So proud she shined in her princely state,
   Looking to heaven; for earth she did disdain,
   And sitting high. Fairy Queen.

   5. To be beautiful.

   Of all th’ enamel’d race, whose silv’ry wing
   Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the Spring,
   Or swims along the fluid atmosphere,
   Once brightest shin’d this child of heat and air. Dunciad.

   6. To be eminent or conspicuous.

   If there come truth from them,
   As upon thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine,
   Why, by the verities on thee made good,
   May they not be my oracles as well? William Shakespeare.

   Her face was veil’d; yet to my fancied sight
   Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shin’d
   So clear, as in no face with more delight. John Milton.

   Cato’s soul
   Shines out in every thing she acts or speaks;
   While winning mildness and attractive smiles
   Dwell in her looks, and, with becoming grace,
   Soften the rigour of her father’s virtues. Addison.

   The reformation, in its first establishment, produced its proper fruits, and distinguished the whole age with shining instances of virtue and morality. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.

   The courtier smooth, who forty years had shin’d
   An humble servant to all human kind. Alexander Pope.

   Few are qualified to shine in company; but it is in most mens power to be agreeable. Jonathan Swift.

   7. To be propitious.

   The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious. Num. vi. 25.

   8. To enlighten corporeally and externally.

   The light of righteousness hath not shined unto us, and the sun of righteousness rose not upon us. Wisd. v. 6.

   Celestial light
   Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers
   Irradiate. John Milton.

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1. Shine

   Let It Shine was the last single released from Agnetha Fältskogs third English language solo album I Stand Alone. The single was remixed in Sweden by Johan Ekelund. The single did not chart, and was the last single Fältskog released in the 1980s.

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1. shine

   Shine can be defined as the act or state of reflecting light or radiating brightness. It refers to the quality of giving off or emitting a bright, lustrous, or gleaming appearance. Shine can also be used metaphorically to describe someone or something that stands out, excels, or achieves success.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shineverb

   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

2. Shineverb

   to be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver

3. Shineverb

   to be effulgent in splendor or beauty

4. Shineverb

   to be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation

5. Shineverb

   to cause to shine, as a light

6. Shineverb

   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

7. Shinenoun

   the quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen

8. Shinenoun

   sunshine; fair weather

9. Shinenoun

   a liking for a person; a fancy

10. Shinenoun

    caper; antic; row

11. Shineverb

    shining; sheen

12. Etymology: [OE. shinen, schinen, AS. scnan; akin to D. schijnen, OFries. skna, OS. & OHG. scnan, G. scheinen, Icel. skna, Sw. skina, Dan. skinne, Goth. skeinan, and perh. to Gr. shadow. 157. Cf. Sheer pure, and Shimmer.]

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1. SHINE

   SHINE is a nationwide festival in Singapore "by youth, for youth' and is jointly supported by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports and the National Youth Council. Inaugurated in 2005, SHINE aims to: ⁕Showcase and develop youth talent and skills ⁕Facilitate and profile youth community contribution ⁕Project a positive youth image and profile young role models Youth aged 15–35 can sign up as participants, SHINE volunteers or realize their ideas through grants. Over 200,000 youth were part of SHINE 2007’s wide assortment of activities.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shine

   shīn, v.i. to beam with steady radiance: to glitter: to be bright or beautiful: to be eminent.—v.t. to cause to shine:—pa.t. and pa.p. shone (shon), (B.) shīned.—adj. (Spens.) bright.—n. brightness: splendour: fair weather: (slang) disturbance, row, a trick.—n. Shī′ner, that which shines: (slang) a coin, esp. a sovereign: a small American fresh-water fish.—adj. Shī′ning.—adv. Shī′ningly.—n. Shī′ningness.—adj. Shī′ny, clear, unclouded: glossy.—Cause, or Make, the face to shine (B.), to be propitious; Take the shine out of (slang), to outshine, eclipse. [A.S. scínan; Ger. scheinen.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shine

   To take the shine out of. To excel another vessel in a manœuvre. To surpass in any way.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shine

   To reflect or emit light.

   The sun does shine many days and it brings joy to our souls.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 17, 2020  

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1. SHINE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shine is ranked #5595 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Shine surname appeared 6,217 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Shine.
   
   58.6% or 3,646 total occurrences were White.
   34.3% or 2,135 total occurrences were Black.
   2.6% or 163 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.2% or 139 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.9% or 122 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.1% or 12 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Appear
   • Be
   • Emit
   • Feel
   • Occur

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'shine' in Verbs Frequency: #675

Anagrams for shine »

1. eshin

How to pronounce shine?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shine in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of shine in a Sentence

1. Bob Dorfman:

   The chances (for the U.S.) are good, it's a good time to be bidding, the economy seems to be doing pretty well. It's a chance for a city to really shine, a chance for the United States to show its might and its economic clout. It certainly feels like it's the U.S.'s turn.

2. Oliver Wendell Holmes:

   The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.

3. Marianne Williamson, Return to Love, 1992:

   We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

4. Jeff Zucker:

   It has been CNN's great honor for the past eight years to shine a spotlight on these remarkable individuals who are making a difference in their communities and the world, we are proud to provide a platform for these heroes to share their stories and their important work with our global audiences.

5. Henry Ward Beecher:

   The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.

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