shine
the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
• Syn:
radiance, radiancy, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency
• Derivationally related forms:
refulgent (for: refulgency), refulgent (for: refulgence), effulgent (for: effulgence), shiny, radiant (for: radiancy), radiate (for: radiancy), radiant (for: radiance), radiate (for: radiance)
• Hypernyms:
brightness
• Hyponyms:
gleam, gleaming, glow, lambency, shininess,
shininess, luster, lustre, polish, gloss,
glossiness, burnish
1. be bright by reflecting or casting light (Freq. 9)
- Drive carefully--the wet road reflects
• Syn:
reflect
• Derivationally related forms:
shiner, reflective (for: reflect)
• Hypernyms:
emit, give out, give off
• Hyponyms:
resplend, glare, opalesce, luminesce, sparkle,
scintillate, coruscate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- The coins shine
2. emit light;
be bright, as of the sun or a light (Freq. 6)
- The sun shone bright that day
- The fire beamed on their faces
• Syn:
beam
• Derivationally related forms:
beam (for: beam)
• Hyponyms:
beat down, beacon, glare, flare, flame,
outshine, shimmer, flicker, flick, blaze, twinkle,
winkle, scintillate, burn, glow
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Lights shine on the horizon
- The horizon is shineing with lights
3. be shiny, as if wet (Freq. 5)
- His eyes were glistening
• Syn:
glitter, glisten, glint, gleam
• Derivationally related forms:
glint (for: glint), glisten (for: glisten), glitter (for: glitter)
• Hypernyms:
look, appear, seem
• Hyponyms:
spangle, shimmer
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. be distinguished or eminent (Freq. 3)
- His talent shines
• Hypernyms:
be
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
5. be clear and obvious (Freq. 1)
- A shining example
• Hypernyms:
be
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
6. have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink (Freq. 1)
- Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna
• Syn:
glow, beam, radiate
• Derivationally related forms:
glow (for: glow)
• Hypernyms:
look, appear, seem
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
7. throw or flash the light of (a lamp)
- Shine the light on that window, please
• Cause:
beam
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
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
• Hypernyms:
happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur,
pass, fall out, come about, take place
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
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
• Derivationally related forms:
radiance (for: radiate), glow (for: glow)
• Hypernyms:
feel, experience
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
10. make (a surface) shine
- shine the silver, please
- polish my shoes
• Syn:
polish, smooth, smoothen
• Derivationally related forms:
shining, polish (for: polish), polisher (for: polish), polishing (for: polish)
• Hypernyms:
fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
• Hyponyms:
Simonize, Simonise, slick, sleek, buff,
burnish, furbish, gloss
• Entailment:
rub
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They shine the glass tubes
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