shine

shine¹ S3 [ʃaın] v past tense and past participle shone [ʃɔn US ʃoun]

[: Old English; Origin: scinan]

1.)

to produce bright light

▪ The sun was shining .

▪ The moon shone brightly in the sky.

shine in/on

▪ That lamp's shining in my eyes.

2.) [T]

if you shine a light somewhere, you point it in that direction

shine sth on/at/around etc sth

▪ Shine that torch over here, will you?

3.) [I]

to look bright and smooth

▪ Marion polished the table until it shone.

▪ She had shining black hair .

4.) [T] [i]past tense and past participle shined

to make something bright by rubbing it

= ↑polish

▪ His shoes were shined to perfection.

5.)

if your eyes shine, or your face shines, you have an expression of happiness

shine with

▪ 'It was wonderful!' Kate replied, her eyes shining with excitement.

6.) [I not in progressive]

to be very good at something

▪ The concert will give young jazz musicians a chance to shine.

shine at/in

▪ Peter didn't really shine at school.

7.) shining example

something or someone that is an excellent example of a particular quality and should be admired

shining example of

▪ The house is a shining example of Art Deco architecture.

shine through [i]phr v

if a quality that someone has shines through, you can easily see that they have it

▪ What shines through in all her work is her enthusiasm for life.

shine ²

shine² n

1.) [singular, U]

the brightness that something has when light shines on it

▪ Lucy's dark hair seemed to have lost its shine.

2.) take a shine to sb informal

to like someone very much when you have only just met them

→(come) rain or shine at ↑rain¹ (4)