verb#3,405 by frequency
shine
/ʃaɪn/
To emit or reflect light so as to glow; To reflect light; To distinguish oneself; to excel
- he/she/it
- shines
- past participle
- shined
Meanings
- 1
To emit or reflect light so as to glow
The moon is shining tonight.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
The sun is shining here.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
To reflect light
- 3
To distinguish oneself; to excel
- 4
To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar)
- 5
To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light
- 6
To cause (something) to be smooth and shiny by rubbing; put a shine on (something); polish (something)
- 7
To be effulgent in splendour or beautyrare
- 8
To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powersrare
- 9
To be immediately apparentrare
- 10
To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothingrare