shine

See also: Shine , SHINE , and shineʼ

English

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Pronunciation

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(US , UK , Canada ) enPR: shīn, IPA ^(key): /ʃaɪn/
Audio (US ): (file)
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Rhymes: -aɪn

Etymology 1

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From Middle English shinen , schinen (preterite schon , past participle schinen ), from Old English sċīnan ("to shine, flash; be resplendent"; preterite sċān , past participle sċinen ), from Proto-West Germanic *skīnan ("to shine"), from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną ("to shine").

Cognate with Dutch schijnen , German scheinen , Danish and Norwegian Bokmål skinne , Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish skina , Faroese and Icelandic skína .

Verb

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

(intransitive , copulative ) To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
Synonyms: beam , glow , radiate ; see also Thesaurus:shine

Coordinate terms: beam , flash , glare , glimmer , shimmer , twinkle
- 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, "The Heart of Darkness", in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine , volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, [...], →OCLC, part I, page 194:
  The water shone pacifically; the sky, without a speck, was a benign immensity of unstained light; the very mist on the Essex marshes was like a gauzy and radiant fabric, hung from the wooded rises inland, and draping the low shores in diaphanous folds.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess: A Mystery , London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  ‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’
(intransitive , copulative ) To reflect light.
Synonyms: gleam , glint , glisten , glitter , luster , reflect ; see also Thesaurus:glisten
(intransitive , copulative ) To distinguish oneself; to excel.
Synonyms: excel , rule ; see also Thesaurus:excel

My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shone at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team.
- 1867, Frederick William Robinson, No Man's Friend, Harper & Brothers, page 91:
  "[...] I was grateful to you for giving him a year’s schooling—where he shined at it—and for putting him as a clerk in your counting-house, where he shined still more."
- 2011 January 15, Phil McNulty, "Tottenham 0 - 0 Man Utd", in BBC‎^[1]:
  It prompted an exchange of substitutions as Jermain Defoe replaced Palacios and Javier Hernandez came on for Berbatov, who had failed to shine against his former club.
- 2023 May 25, Dua Lipa, Caroline Ailin, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, "Dance the Night", in Barbie the Album ‎^[2], performed by Dua Lipa:
  I can take the heat, baby, best believe
  That's the moment I shine
(intransitive , copulative ) To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, "Book I, Canto IV", in The Faerie Queene. [...] , London: [...] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 10:
  So proud she shyned in her Princely state.
- 1728, [Alexander Pope], "(please specify the page)", in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. [...] , Dublin; London: [...] A. Dodd, →OCLC:
  Once brightest shined this child of heat and air.
(intransitive , copulative ) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
- c. 1713, Jonathan Swift, Thoughts on Various Subjects :
  Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable.
(intransitive , copulative ) To be immediately apparent.
(transitive ) To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
I shone my light into the darkness to see what was making the noise.
- 2007, David Lynn Goleman, Legend: An Event Group Thriller, St. Martin’s Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 318:
  As Jenks shined the large spotlight on the water, he saw a few bubbles and four long wakes leading away from an expanding circle of blood.
(transitive ) To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light.
Synonyms: belight , shed light on ; see also Thesaurus:illuminate

in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], "Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature", in The Essayes [...] , 3rd edition, London: [...] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
  He [God] doth not rain wealth, nor shine honour and virtues, upon men equally.

Derived terms

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Translations

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to emit light

Albanian: shëndrit
Altai:
Southern Altai: јарыыр (ǰarïïr), јылтыраар (ǰïltïraar)
Arabic: لَمَعَ (ar) (lamaʕa), وَمَضَ (wamaḍa)
Hijazi Arabic: لَقّ (lagg), لَمَع (lamaʕ), شَعّ (šaʕʕ)
Armenian: փայլել (hy) (pʻaylel)
Aromanian: lutsescu
Assamese: জিলিকা (zilika), উজলা (uzola)
Asturian: brillar , llucir , rellumar , rellucir
Azerbaijani: parlamaq (az)
Bangi: cenge
Belarusian: свяці́ць impf (svjacícʹ), ззяць impf (zzjacʹ)
Bulgarian: блестя (bg) (blestja), светя́ (bg) impf (svetjá), сия́я (bg) impf (sijája)
Burmese: ထွန်း (my) (htwan:)
Catalan: brillar (ca) , lluir (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 發亮 / 发亮 (zh) (fāliàng), 照 (zh) (zhào), 發光 / 发光 (zh) (fāguāng), 輝 / 辉 (zh) (huī)
Crimean Tatar: yıltıramaq
Czech: svítit (cs)
Danish: skinne , lyse (da) , stråle
Dutch: schijnen (nl) , stralen (nl)
Egyptian:

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Esperanto: brili (eo) , lumi (eo)
Estonian: särama , helkima , läikima
Finnish: loistaa (fi) , paistaa (fi) , hohtaa (fi) , helottaa (fi)
French: briller (fr) , luire (fr)
Friulian: lusî , sflandorâ , slusorâ , splendi
Galician: brillar (gl) , lucir (gl) , relucir (gl) , coruscar (gl) , resplandecer (gl) , raiar (gl)
Georgian: კაშკაშებს (ḳašḳašebs), ბრწყინავს (brc̣q̇inavs), ბრჭყვინავს (brč̣q̇vinavs), ანათებს (anatebs), ელვარებს (elvarebs), ჩახჩახებს (čaxčaxebs)
German: leuchten (de) , scheinen (de)
Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽 (skeinan), 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (liuhtjan)
Greek: λάμπω (el) (lámpo), ακτινοβολώ (el) (aktinovoló)
Ancient Greek: λάμπω (lámpō), φαίνω (phaínō)
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} mimbi , ^{(please verify)} rataindy
Hebrew: זָרַח (he) (zarákh)
Hindi: चमकना (camaknā), जगमगाना (hi) (jagamgānā), झिलमिलाना (hi) (jhilmilānā), प्रकाशित करना (prakāśit karnā)
Hungarian: ragyog (hu) , fénylik (hu)
Icelandic: ljóma (is)
Ido: lumar (io)
Interlingua: brillar
Irish: taitin
Italian: brillare (it) , splendere (it) , lucere
Japanese: 輝く (ja) (かがやく, kagayaku), 光る (ja) (ひかる, hikaru)
Kashmiri: پرَٛزٕلُن (prazụlun), برَٛزُن (brazun), زوتُن (zōtun), چَمکُن (camkun), نٲپُن (nạ̄pun)
Korean: 비추다 (ko) (bichuda), 비치다 (ko) (bichida), 빛나다 (ko) (binnada)
Kumyk: ярыкъ бермек (yarıq bermek)
Kyrgyz: жаруу (ky) (jaruu), жылтыроо (jıltıroo)
Latin: lūceō (la) , niteō
Lingala: tana , ngenge , bala (ln)
Lithuanian: šviesti
Luxembourgish: schéngen
Macedonian: сјае impf (sjae), свети impf (sveti)
Malay: sinar (ms)
Malayalam: തിളങ്ങുക (ml) (tiḷaṅṅuka)
Māori: tīaho
Mauritian Creole: briye
Nahuatl: tona
Norwegian: lyse (no)
Bokmål: skinne (no)

Nynorsk: skine
Occitan: lusir (oc) , lusejar , brilhar (oc)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: сиꙗти impf (sijati)
Old East Slavic: сиꙗти impf (sijati)
Old English: scīnan
Persian: درخشیدن (fa) (deraxšidan)
Polish: świecić (pl) impf, błyszczeć (pl) impf, błyszczeć się impf
Portuguese: brilhar (pt) , luzir (pt) , resplandecer (pt)
Quechua: illay , llimphiy , k'anchay (qu)
Romagnol: brilêr
Romanian: străluci (ro) , luci (ro) , lumina (ro)
Romansh: traglischar , glischar , tarlischar , glischear , targlischier , glüschir
Russian: свети́ть (ru) impf (svetítʹ), сия́ть (ru) impf (sijátʹ), свети́ться (ru) impf (svetítʹsja), блесте́ть (ru) impf (blestétʹ) (intransitive)
Samoan: susulu
Sanskrit: जिघर्ति (jigharti), रोचते (sa) (rocate)
Sardinian: lúchere , lúgere , luxi
Scottish Gaelic: deàrrs , deàlraich , boillsg
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сѝјати impf

Latin: sìjati (sh) impf
Slovak: svietiť impf
Slovene: svetiti impf, sijati impf
Spanish: brillar (es) , lucir (es)
Sumerian: 𒀯 (mul)
Swedish: lysa (sv) , skina (sv) , stråla (sv)
Tajik: дурахшидан (duraxšidan)
Tamil: மின்னு (ta) (miṉṉu), ஒளிர் (ta) (oḷir)
Telugu: ప్రకాశించు (te) (prakāśiñcu)
Thai: ส่อง (th) (sɔ̀ng), ฉาย (th) (chǎai)
Tocharian A: luk-
Tocharian B: luk-
Turkish: parlamak (tr)
Udmurt: пиштыны (pištyny)
Ukrainian: світи́ти impf (svitýty), сяя́ти impf (sjajáty)
Urdu: چمکنا (camaknā), جگمگانا (jagmagānā), جهلملانا (jhilmilānā)
Vietnamese: toả sáng , chiếu sáng (vi) , soi sáng (vi)
Welsh: disgleirio (cy)
Yiddish: שײַנען (shaynen)

to reflect light

Armenian: փայլել (hy) (pʻaylel)
Belarusian: блішча́ць impf (bliščácʹ), блі́скаць impf (blískacʹ), зіхаце́ць impf (zixacjécʹ), ззяць impf (zzjacʹ)
Bulgarian: блестя́ (bg) impf (blestjá), сия́я (bg) impf (sijája)
Czech: třpytit se impf, blýskat se (cs) impf
Danish: glimte
Dutch: glanzen (nl) , blinken (nl)
Finnish: kiiltää (fi) , loistaa (fi) , hohtaa (fi)
German: glänzen (de)
Greek:
Ancient Greek: λάμπω (lámpō), φαίνω (phaínō)
Italian: risplendere (it)
Japanese: 輝く (ja) (かがやく, kagayaku)
Korean: 반짝이다 (ko) (banjjagida)
Latin: nitere
Macedonian: светка impf (svetka), сјае impf (sjae)
Malayalam: തിളങ്ങുക (ml) (tiḷaṅṅuka)
Nahuatl: tona
Polish: lśnić (pl) impf, błyszczeć (pl) impf, błyszczeć się (pl) impf, błyskotać impf (archaic)
Portuguese: cintilar (pt)
Russian: блесте́ть (ru) impf (blestétʹ), сия́ть (ru) impf (sijátʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: deàrrs , deàlraich , boillsg
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: блѝстати impf, сѝјати impf

Latin: blìstati (sh) impf, sìjati (sh) impf
Slovak: blyšťať sa impf
Slovene: blesteti impf, sijati impf
Swedish: blänka (sv) , glänsa (sv) , reflektera (sv)
Tamil: ஒளிர் (ta) (oḷir)
Telugu: మెరియు (meriyu)
Turkish: yansıtmak (tr)
Ukrainian: блища́ти (uk) impf (blyščáty), ся́яти impf (sjájaty)

to distinguish oneself

Armenian: փայլել (hy) (pʻaylel)
Belarusian: блішча́ць impf (bliščácʹ), ззяць impf (zzjacʹ)
Bulgarian: блестя (bg) (blestja)
Danish: glimre , brillere
Dutch: uitblinken (nl)
Finnish: loistaa (fi) , erottua (fi)
German: glänzen (de) , brillieren (de)
Italian: brillare (it) , lucere
Japanese: 目立つ (ja) (めだつ, medatsu)
Latin: emineo , excello , anteeo (la) , antecedo
Malayalam: തിളങ്ങുക (ml) (tiḷaṅṅuka)
Polish: błyszczeć (pl) impf
Portuguese: sobressair (pt)
Romanian: străluci (ro)
Russian: блиста́ть (ru) impf (blistátʹ), сия́ть (ru) impf (sijátʹ)
Spanish: brillar (es) , sobresalir (es)
Swedish: glänsa (sv) , vara lysande (sv)
Telugu: వెలిగిపోవు (veligipōvu)
Ukrainian: блища́ти (uk) impf (blyščáty), ся́яти impf (sjájaty)

to be immediately apparent

Bulgarian: очевиден съм (očeviden săm)
Dutch: voor de hand liggen
Finnish: paistaa silmään
Latin: emineo
Portuguese: sobressair (pt)
Swedish: lysa i ögonen

ergative: to create light with a flashlight, lamp, torch, etc.

Greek:
Ancient Greek: λάμπω (lámpō), φαίνω (phaínō)
Japanese: 照らす (ja) (てらす, terasu)
Spanish: alumbrar (es)
Tamil: ஒளிர் (ta) (oḷir)

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Ido: ^{(please verify)} brilar (io)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} menyinari (id) , ^{(please verify)} bersinar (id)
Norman: ^{(please verify)} èrlithe (Jersey)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} straluci
Woiwurrung: ^{(please verify)} bathel-moon

Noun

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shine (countable and uncountable , plural shines )

Brightness from a source of light.
Synonyms: effulgence , radiance , radiancy , refulgence , refulgency
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, a Romance , Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
  the distant shine of the celestial city
Brightness from reflected light.
Synonym: luster
Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.
Synonyms: brilliance , splendor
Shoeshine.
Synonym: see shoeshine
- 1980, Paul Schrader, American Gigolo , spoken by Julian Kaye (Richard Gere):
  Take a shine. You need it.
Sunshine (typically in contrast with rain ).
Synonym: see sunshine
- 1685, John Dryden, Sylvae:
  be fair or foul, or rain or shine
(slang ) Moonshine; an illicitly brewed alcoholic drink.
Synonyms: bathtub gin , bootleg , corn liquor , hooch , mountain dew , white lightning , coon-dick , coondick
(slang , derogatory , offensive , ethnic slur ) A black person.
- 1970, Wally Feris, Across 110th, page 152:
  "If you want your black head blown off, shine, you just make a move to stop us."
(cricket ) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
(slang ) A liking for a person; a fancy.
Synonyms: affinity , liking ; see also Thesaurus:predilection

She's certainly taken a shine to you.
(archaic , slang ) A caper; an antic; a row.

Derived terms

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brightness from a source of light

Armenian: փայլ (hy) (pʻayl)
Asturian: brillu m
Bulgarian: светлина (bg) f (svetlina), сияние (bg) n (sijanie)
Catalan: brillantor (ca) f, lluentor f, lluïssor f
Danish: skin (da) n
Dutch: schijn (nl) f, straling (nl) f
Finnish: loiste (fi) , paiste (fi) , hohde (fi) , kirkkaus (fi)
French: éclat (fr) m
Galician: brillo (gl) m, brillantez (gl) f
Georgian: სინათლე (sinatle), ნათება (nateba), ბრწყინვალება (brc̣q̇invaleba), კაშკაში (ḳašḳaši), ელვარება (elvareba), ბრჭყვინვა (brč̣q̇vinva), ბრწყინვა (brc̣q̇inva), ჩახჩახი (čaxčaxi)
German: Schein (de) m
Hindi: रोशनी (hi) f (rośnī), प्रकाश (hi) m (prakāś)
Ingrian: äky , lens
Japanese: 輝き (ja) (kagayaki), 光 (ja) (hikari)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڕۆشنایی (roşnayî)
Malayalam: തിളക്കം (ml) (tiḷakkaṁ)
Polish: blask (pl) m
Portuguese: brilho (pt) m
Romanian: strălucire (ro)
Russian: свет (ru) m (svet), сия́ние (ru) n (sijánije)
Spanish: brillo (es) m
Swedish: sken (sv) n
Tamil: வெளிச்சம் (ta) (veḷiccam), ஒளி (ta) (oḷi)
Telugu: ప్రకాశము (te) (prakāśamu)
Ukrainian: сві́тло (uk) n (svítlo)

brightness from reflected light

Armenian: փայլ (hy) (pʻayl)
Bulgarian: блясък (bg) m (bljasăk)
Danish: glans c
Dutch: glans (nl) m
Esperanto: poluro (eo)
Finnish: valo (fi) , hohde (fi) , loiste (fi)
Galician: brillo (gl) m, brillantez (gl) f
German: Glanz (de) m
Hebrew: בָּרָק (he) m (baráq)
Japanese: 輝き (ja) (kagayaki)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بریقە (brîqe)
Malayalam: തിളക്കം (ml) (tiḷakkaṁ)
Plautdietsch: Schien f
Polish: blask (pl) m
Portuguese: brilho (pt) m
Romanian: luciu (ro) , lustru (ro)
Russian: блеск (ru) m (blesk), сия́ние (ru) n (sijánije)
Spanish: brillo (es) m
Swedish: glans (sv) c
Tamil: வெளிச்சம் (ta) (veḷiccam)
Telugu: మెరుపు (te) (merupu)
Ukrainian: блиск (uk) m (blysk), ся́йво n (sjájvo)

excellence in quality or appearance

Armenian: փայլ (hy) (pʻayl)
Bulgarian: блясък (bg) m (bljasăk)
Danish: brillans c
Dutch: uitmuntendheid (nl) f, bravoure (nl) f
Finnish: loistavuus (fi) , loisteliaisuus (fi) , loistokkuus (fi) , loisto (fi)
German: Brillanz f, Glanz (de) m, Bravour (de) f
Japanese: 卓越 (ja) (takuetsu)
Polish: blask (pl) m
Portuguese: esplendor (pt) m
Russian: блеск (ru) m (blesk)
Swedish: finish (sv) c, polish (sv) c
Ukrainian: блиск (uk) m (blysk)

shoeshine — see shoeshine

sunshine — see sunshine

slang: moonshine — see moonshine

cricket: the amount of shininess on a cricket ball

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Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 亮光 (zh) (liàngguāng)
German: ^{(please verify)} Glanz (de) m, ^{(please verify)} Schein (de) , m
Italian: ^{(please verify)} lustro (it) m
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 빛 (ko) (bit)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} strălucire (ro) f

Etymology 2

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From the noun shine, or perhaps continuing Middle English schinen in its causative uses, from Old English scīn ("brightness, shine"), and also Middle English schenen , from Old English scǣnan ("to render brilliant, make shine"), from Proto-Germanic *skainijaną , causative of *skīnaną ("to shine").

Verb

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

(transitive ) To cause (something) to be smooth and shiny by rubbing; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
Synonyms: wax , buff , polish , furbish , burnish , smooth , smoothen

He shined my shoes until they were polished smooth and gleaming.
(transitive , cricket ) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.