Dictionary Definition
shine n : the quality of being bright and sending
out rays of light [syn: radiance, radiancy, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency]
Verb
1 be bright by reflecting or casting light;
"Drive carefully--the wet road reflects" [syn: reflect]
2 emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a
light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their
faces" [syn: beam]
4 be distinguished or eminent; "His talent
shines"
5 be clear and obvious; "A shining example"
6 especially of the complexion: show a strong
bright color, such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came
out of the sauna" [syn: glow, beam, radiate]
7 throw or flash the light of (a lamp, etc.);
"Shine the light on that window, please"
8 touch or seem as if touching visually or
audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields";
"The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my
ears" [syn: fall, strike]
9 experience a feeling of well-being or
happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; "She was
beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness" [syn:
glow, beam, radiate]
10 (of surfaces) make shine; "shine the silver,
please"; "polish my shoes" [syn: polish, smooth, smoothen] [also: shone]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
- To emit light.
- To reflect light.
- To distinguish oneself; to excel.
- To be immediately apparent.
- To polish (something).
- In the context of "transitive|cricket": To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.
- To create light with a flashlight, lamp, torch, etc.
Synonyms
Translations
to emit light
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 發亮, 发亮 (fāliàng)
- Crimean Tatar: yıltıramaq
- Czech: svítit
- Danish: skinne, lyse, stråle
- Dutch: schijnen, stralen
- Finnish: loistaa, paistaa, hohtaa, helottaa
- French: briller
- German: leuchten, scheinen
- Hungarian: ragyog
- Italian: brillare
- Japanese: 輝く, 光る
- Korean: 비추다 (bichuda), 비치다 (bichida), 빛나다 (bitnada)
- Lithuanian: šviesti
- Nahuatl: tona
- Portuguese: brilhar, luzir, resplandecer
- Russian: светиться (svjetít’sja), сиять (siját’)
- Scottish Gaelic: deàrrs, deàlraich, boillsg
- Slovenian: svetiti, sijati
- Spanish: brillar
- Swedish: lysa, skina, stråla
- Telugu: ప్రకాశించు (prakaaSiMchu)
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.
- Japanese: 照らす
Noun
- Brightness from a source of light.
- Brightness from reflected light.
- Excellence in quality or appearance.
- Shoeshine.
- Sunshine.
- Moonshine.
- The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
Synonyms
- effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency
- sense brightness from reflected light luster
- brilliance, splendor
- sense shoeshine See shoeshine
- sense sunshine See sunshine
- See moonshine
Translations
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
Irish
Noun
shineExtensive Definition
Shine may refer to:
- Shine (film) (1996), a film directed by Scott Hicks
- Shine.fm (radio station) WONU, 89.7FM in Chicago-land
- Shine Guitars, a guitar brand
- LG Shine, a mobile phone by LG
- Shine (nightclub), a famous nightclub in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Shine sprites, an item in Super Mario Sunshine
- Shine TV, a New Zealand Christian television channel
- Shine Limited, a British Film production company
- Moonshine, an illicitly made alcoholic beverage
- Shine (website), launched by Yahoo!
In albums:
- Shine (EP), a five-track EP by Anna Nalick
- Shine (Estelle album) (2008)
- Shine (Frida album) (1984), by Anni-Frid Lyngstad
- Shine (Mother Love Bone album) (1989)
- Shine (1991) by Five Star
- Shine (Luna Sea album) (1998)
- Shine (Pat McGee Band album) (2000)
- Shine: The Hits (2000), by Newsboys
- Shine (The Wilkinsons album) (2001)
- Shine (bond album) (2002)
- Shine (Daniel Lanois album) (2003)
- Shine (Meredith Brooks album) (2004)
- Shine (Edenbridge album) (2004)
- Shine (Cyndi Lauper album) (2004)
- Shine (Trey Anastasio album) (2005)
- Shine (2006), by Boney James
- Shine (Joni Mitchell album) (2007)
- Shine (Elan album) (2008)
- Shine (compilation series), a series of British indie rock compilation albums
- Shine!/Short Term Memory Loss, a split album by Kyuss
In songs:
- Shine (EP) (2008), by Anna Nalick
- "Shine" (Aly & AJ song) (2006)
- "Shine" (Bond song) (2002)
- "Shine" (1910 song), by Ford Dabney, Lew Brown, and Cecil Mack
- "Shine" (Collective Soul song) (1993)
- "Shine" (Cyndi Lauper song) (2001)
- "Shine" (Ira Losco song) (2000)
-
"Shine" (Luther Vandross song) (2007)
- Covered by Booty Luv (2007)
- "Shine" (Motörhead song) (1983)
- "Shine" (Mr. Big song) (2001)
- "Shine" (Newsboys song) (1994)
- "Shine" (Vanessa Amorosi song) (1999)
- "Shine" (Shannon Noll song) (2005)
- "Shine" (Mike Oldfield song) (1986)
- "Shine" (Take That song) (2007)
- "Shine" (Trey Anastasio song) (2005)
- "SHINE / Ride On" (2008), by TVXQ
- "Shine" (Aswad song) (1994)
See also
- lookfrom Shine
- Shining (disambiguation)
- Shyne
shine in German: Shine
shine in French: Shine
shine in Italian: Shine
shine in Japanese: シャイン
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Amor,
Christian love, Eros,
Platonic love, admiration, adoration, affection, afterglow, agape, air glow, antic, ardency, ardor, array, attachment, bathtub gin, be
born for, be bright, be master of, be somebody, be something,
beacon, beam, bedazzle, beggar description,
blaze, blind, bloom, bodily love, bootleg
liquor, brighten,
brighten up, brightness, broad day,
brotherly love, brush,
brush up, buff, burn, burnish, candescence, caper, caritas, charity, conjugal love, coruscate, cut a dash, cut a
figure, cut a swath, dawn,
day, day glow, daylight, dayshine, daytide, daytime, daze, dazzle, desire, devotion, diffuse light,
dress, dusk, excel, faithful love, fancy, fanfare, fervor, figure, finish, fix, flame, flare, flash, flicker, flourish, flush, fondness, free love,
free-lovism, freshen,
frolic, fulgurate, full sun, furbish, furbish up, give light,
glance, glare, glaze, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, gloss, glow, green flash, heart, hero worship, home brew,
hooch, idolatry, idolism, idolization, incandesce, incandescence, knock dead,
lark, lasciviousness, libido, light of day, like, liking, live, love, lovemaking, luminesce, luster, make a figure, make a
show, make a splash, married love, midday sun, monkeyshine, moonshine, mountain dew,
noonlight, noontide
light, outshine,
panoply, parade, passion, patina, physical love, polish, polish up, pomp, popular regard, popularity, radiance, radiate, ray of sunshine,
regard, renovate, repair, retouch, revive, rub, rub down, rub up, sand, sandblast, sandpaper, scintillate, scour, send out rays, sentiment, sex, sexual love, sheen, shenanigan, shimmer, shine brightly, shine
in, shininess, shining
light, shoot, shoot out
rays, show, skylight, sleek, slick, slick down, smooth, sparkle, spellbind, spiritual love,
splash, splurge, spruce, spruce up, stand out, sun
spark, sunbeam, sunbreak, sunburst, sunlight, sunset glow, sunshine, surpass, tender feeling, tender
passion, tomfoolery,
tone up, touch up, trick,
truelove, twilight, twinkle, uxoriousness, vamp, vamp up, varnish, wax, weakness, white lightning,
white mule, worship,
yearning