shine
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old English scīnan, from Proto-Germanic *skīnanan. Cognate with Dutch schijnen, German scheinen, Swedish skina.
In Middle English the most standard forms are[1]:
- present: shīnen
- simple past: (singular) shōne, (plural) shīneden
- past participle: shīned
The form shīned(e) has already appeared as an alternate past singular at this time, although only in Northern English usage. There is no recorded use of shōne as an alternate past participle in Middle English.
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aɪn
[edit] Verb
shine (third-person singular simple present shines, present participle shining, simple past and past participle shined or shone)
- (intransitive) To emit light.
- (intransitive) To reflect light.
- (intransitive) 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.
- 2011 January 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 0 - 0 Man Utd”, BBC:
- It prompted an exchange of substitutions as Jermain Defoe replaced Palacios and Javier Hernandez came on for Berbatov, who had failed to shine against his former club.
- I was grateful to you for giving him a year's schooling — where he shined at it — and for putting him as a clerk in your counting-house, where he shined still more.
- 1867. Frederick William Robinson. No Man's Friend. Harper. page 91
- (intransitive) To be immediately apparent.
- (transitive) To polish (something).
- He shined my shoes until they were polished smooth and gleaming.
- (transitive, cricket) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.
- (transitive) (ergative) To create light with a flashlight, lamp, torch, etc.
- I shined my light into the darkness to see what was making the noise.
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- "What's that?" Everett asked as he shined his flashlight into the air.
- 2008. David Lynn Goleman. Legend: An Event Group Thriller. Macmillan. page 381
[edit] Synonyms
- (to emit light): beam, glow, radiate
- (to reflect light): gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, reflect
- (to distinguish oneself): excel
- (to polish): polish, smooth, smoothen
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[edit] Translations
to emit light
to reflect light
to distinguish oneself
to be immediately apparent
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to polish
cricket: to polish a cricket ball
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[edit] Noun
shine (uncountable)
- Brightness from a source of light.
- Brightness from reflected light.
- Excellence in quality or appearance.
- Shoeshine.
- Sunshine.
- (slang) Moonshine.
- (cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
[edit] Synonyms
- (brightness from a source of light): effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency
- (brightness from reflected light): luster
- (excellence in quality or appearance): brilliance, splendor
- (shoeshine): See shoeshine
- (sunshine): See sunshine
- (slang: moonshine): See moonshine
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
brightness from a source of light
brightness from reflected light
excellence in quality or appearance
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shoeshine — see shoeshine
sunshine — see sunshine
slang: moonshine — see moonshine
cricket: the amount of shininess on a cricket ball
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[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Irish
[edit] Adjective
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[edit] Noun
shine
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