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English noun: shine | |||
| 1. | shine (attribute) the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light | ||
| Synonyms | effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | brightness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | burnish, gleam, gleaming, gloss, glossiness, glow, lambency, luster, lustre, polish, sheen, shininess | ||
English verb: shine | |||
| 1. | shine (weather) be bright by reflecting or casting light | ||
| Samples | Drive carefully--the wet road reflects. | ||
| Examples | The coins shine | ||
| Synonyms | reflect | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | emit, give off, give out | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | coruscate, glare, luminesce, opalesce, resplend, scintillate, sparkle | ||
| 2. | shine (weather) emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light | ||
| Samples | The sun shone bright that day. The fire beamed on their faces. | ||
| Examples | Lights shine on the horizon, The horizon is shineing with lights | ||
| Synonyms | beam | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beacon, beat down, blaze, burn, flame, flare, flick, flicker, glare, glow, outshine, scintillate, shimmer, twinkle, winkle | ||
| 3. | shine (perception) be shiny, as if wet | ||
| Samples | His eyes were glistening. | ||
| Synonyms | gleam, glint, glisten, glitter | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appear, look, seem | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | shimmer, spangle | ||
| 4. | shine (stative) be distinguished or eminent | ||
| Samples | His talent shines. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| 5. | shine (stative) be clear and obvious | ||
| Samples | A shining example. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| 6. | shine (perception) have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink | ||
| Samples | Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna. | ||
| Synonyms | beam, glow, radiate | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appear, look, seem | ||
| 7. | shine (weather) throw or flash the light of (a lamp) | ||
| Samples | Shine the light on that window, please. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Cause | beam, shine | ||
| 8. | shine (stative) touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly | ||
| Samples | Light fell on her face. The sun shone on the fields. The light struck the golden necklace. A strange sound struck my ears. | ||
| Synonyms | fall, strike | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place | ||
| 9. | shine (emotion) experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion | ||
| Samples | She was beaming with joy. Her face radiated with happiness. | ||
| Synonyms | beam, glow, radiate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | experience, feel | ||
| 10. | shine (contact) make (a surface) shine | ||
| Samples | Shine the silver, please. Polish my shoes. | ||
| Examples | They shine the glass tubes | ||
| Synonyms | polish, smooth, smoothen | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beautify, embellish, fancify, prettify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | buff, burnish, furbish, gloss, Simonise, Simonize, sleek, slick | ||
| Entail | rub | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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