- shine
- [[t]ʃa͟ɪn[/t]]
(The past tense and past participle of the verb is shone, except for meaning 5 when it is shined.)1) VERB 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.
2) VERB If you shine a torch or other light somewhere, you point it there, so that you can see something when it is dark.[V n prep] One of the men shone a torch in his face...
[V n prep] The container is invisible until you shine an ultraviolet light on it...
[V n] The man walked slowly towards her, shining the flashlight.
3) VERB Something that shines is very bright and clear because it is reflecting light.Her blue eyes shone and caught the light.
...a pair of patent shoes that shone like mirrors.
[V-ing] ...shining aluminum machines.
Syn:4) N-SING Something that has a shine is bright and clear because it is reflecting light.This gel gives a beautiful shine to the hair...
The wood had been recently polished to bring back the shine.
Syn:5) VERB If you shine a wooden, leather, or metal object, you make it bright by rubbing or polishing it.[V n] Let him dust and shine the furniture...
[V n] His high black boots had been shined to a gleaming finish.
Syn:6) VERB Someone who shines at a skill or activity does it extremely well.Did you shine at school?...
He failed to shine academically.
Syn:7) → See also shining8) PHRASE: V inflects 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.
English dictionary. 2008.
