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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English scīnan, from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch schijnen, German scheinen, Swedish skina.

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Infinitive
to shine

Third person singular
shines

Simple past
shined or shone

Past participle
[[shined or shone]]

Present participle
shining

to shine (third-person singular simple present shines, present participle shining, simple past and past participle shined or shone)

  1. (intransitive) To emit light.
  2. (intransitive) To reflect light.
  3. (intransitive) To distinguish oneself; to excel.
  4. (intransitive) To be immediately apparent.
  5. (transitive) To polish (something).
  6. (transitive, cricket) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.
  7. (transitive) (ergative) To create light with a flashlight, lamp, torch, etc.

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to emit light
to reflect light
to distinguish oneself
to be immediately apparent
to polish
cricket: to polish a cricket ball
ergative: to create light with a flashlight, lamp, torch, etc.
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[edit] Noun

Singular
shine

Plural
uncountable

shine (uncountable)

  1. Brightness from a source of light.
  2. Brightness from reflected light.
  3. Excellence in quality or appearance.
  4. Shoeshine.
  5. Sunshine.
  6. (slang) Moonshine.
  7. (cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.

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brightness from a source of light
brightness from reflected light
excellence in quality or appearance
shoeshine — see shoeshine
sunshine — see sunshine
slang: moonshine — see moonshine
cricket: the amount of shininess on a cricket ball
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[edit] Adjective

shine

  1. Mutated form of sine.
    older

[edit] Noun

shine

  1. Mutated form of sine.
    nipple
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