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What (who) is shine - definition
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Shine (album); Shine (song); Shine (disambiguation); Shine (single); SHINE; SHINE (disambiguation); Shine (EP); Shine (band); Shine (group); Shine (project); Shine (novel)
shine
¦ verb (past and past participle shone or shined)
1. give out a bright light; glow with reflected light.
direct (a torch or other light) somewhere.
(of a person's eyes) be bright with the expression of emotion.
2. [often as adjective shining] excel at something.
3. (shine through) (of a quality or skill) be clearly evident.
4. (past and past participle shined) polish.
¦ noun
1. a quality of brightness, especially through reflecting light.
2. an act of polishing.
Phrases
take the shine off spoil the brilliance or excitement of.
take a shine to informal develop a liking for.
Derivatives
shiningly adverb
Origin
OE scinan, of Gmc origin.
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.
shine
I
n.
liking
(colloq.) (esp. AE)
1) to take a shine to
shining of shoes
2) to give smb. a shine ('to shine smb.'s shoes')
II
v.
1) (D; intr.) ('to give light') to shine on (the hot sun was shineing directly on our heads)
2) (d; tr.) ('to direct') to shine on (shine the floodlights on this part of the field)
Examples of use of shine
1. Shine, Jesus, Shine, which is almost as popular, urges us to set our hearts on fire.
2. Hands reached heavenward during Shine, Jesus, Shine, the anthem of the evangelical revival.
3. The banned brands are Best, Smile2, Shine, Acura2, Special2, Shine, Moon Light and Zain.
4. Kevin Shine England have appointed Kevin Shine as successor to fast–bowling coach Troy Cooley.
5. They noticeably fail to shine with the opposite sex.