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Shine   /ʃaɪn/   Listen
verb
Shine  v. t.  (past & past part. shone, archaic shined; pres. part. shining)  
1.
To cause to shine, as a light. (Obs.) "He (God) doth not rain wealth, nor shine honor and virtues, upon men equally."
2.
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. (U. S.)


Shine  v. i.  (past & past part. shone, archaic shined; pres. part. shining)  
1.
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. "Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine." "God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Cghrist." "Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster."
2.
To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.
3.
To be effulgent in splendor or beauty. "So proud she shined in her princely state." "Once brightest shined this child of heat and air."
4.
To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation. "Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable."
To make the face to shine upon, or To cause the face to shine upon, to be propitious to; to be gracious to.


noun
Shine  n.  
1.
The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen. "Now sits not girt with taper's holy shine." "Fair opening to some court's propitious shine." "The distant shine of the celestial city."
2.
Sunshine; fair weather. "Be it fair or foul, or rain or shine."
3.
A liking for a person; a fancy. (Slang, U.S.)
4.
Caper; antic; row. (Slang)
To cut up shines, to play pranks. (Slang, U.S.)


adjective
Shine  adj.  Shining; sheen. (Obs.)





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"Shine" Quotes from Famous Books



... Look here, kind friends, I never was meant for a parlour, and I always make mistakes when I stray into one. My place is in a hospital ward or at the bedside of those who have been given up to die. The complex social arena is not where I shine to my best advantage. There are too many rings to keep track of at once, and my ...
— Old Rose and Silver • Myrtle Reed
... the sea through the narrow channel so hard as to start a current which is almost a stream. The head-wind raises short, sharp, white-capped waves; shallow banks shine yellow through the clear water, and the coral reefs are patches of violet and crimson, and we are delighted by constant changes, new shades and various colourings, never without harmony and loveliness. A cloudless sky ...
— Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific • Felix Speiser
... a light; and kindling a resin candle, which he carried inside his lantern, he hung the latter to a post that stood near the middle of the bridge, fixing it in such a manner that the light should shine in the direction of the fortress. It was the signal agreed upon by the Gallician; and as their part of the performance was now over, the two men sat down to await the attack which was soon to be made by the General ...
— The Tiger Hunter • Mayne Reid
... till the hilt was nearly reached, when it required a firm thrust to get it close into its place. "Well, to begin with, forage first. I often think it's a pity a man wasn't made like a horse. Look at those two ponies! How their coats shine in the sunshine! They began eating their breakfast before it was light, for I was watching and wakeful, and I got thinking like this as I heard them busy at it, crop and blow, crop and blow, and after they had ...
— Marcus: the Young Centurion • George Manville Fenn
... the Marble All, Where Englands loveliest shine— I say the fairest of them hall Is Lady Hangeline. My soul, in desolate eclipse, With recollection teems— And then I hask, with weeping lips Dost thou ...
— Burlesques • William Makepeace Thackeray


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