Definizione monolingua

shine

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

1. (intransitive) To emit light.
2. (intransitive) To reflect light.
3. (intransitive) To distinguish oneself; to excel.

   My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shined at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team.

   • 2011 January 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 0 - 0 Man Utd”, BBC:

     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.

     I was grateful to you for giving him a years schooling — where he shined at it — and for putting him as a clerk in your counting-house, where he shined still more.

   • 1867. Frederick William Robinson. No Mans Friend. Harper. page 91
4. (intransitive) To be immediately apparent.
5. (transitive) To polish (something).

   He shined my shoes until they were polished smooth and gleaming.

6. (transitive, cricket) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.
7. (transitive) (ergative) To create light with a flashlight, lamp, torch, etc.

   I shined my light into the darkness to see what was making the noise.

   • ""Whats that?"" Everett asked as he shined his flashlight into the air.

   • 2008. David Lynn Goleman. Legend: An Event Group Thriller. Macmillan. page 381

shine (uncountable)

1. Brightness from a source of light.
2. Brightness from reflected light.
3. Excellence in quality or appearance.
4. Shoeshine.
5. Sunshine.
6. (slang) Moonshine.
7. (cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.

shine

1. Lenited form of sine.

Definizione dizionario shine

	brillare
	to distinguish oneself
	to emit light

	risplendere
	to reflect light
	Emettere luce.
	To emit light.

	splendere
	to emit light

	splendore
	The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light.

	lucidare
	To clean to the point of reflectiveness.

chiarire

folgorare

fulgere

fulgore

illuminare

lampeggiare

luce

lucentezza

lucido

lustrare

lustro

rifulgere

rilucere

scintillare

sfavillare

Altri significati:

to be immediately apparent

(intransitive) To emit light.

to polish

(transitive, cricket) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.

(intransitive) To be immediately apparent.

(intransitive) To distinguish oneself; to excel.

(slang) Moonshine.

brightness from reflected light

To reflect light.

brightness from a source of light

To do something well; to distinguish oneself.

(to) shine

(cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.

(transitive) (ergative) To create light with a flashlight, lamp, torch, etc.

Brightness from reflected light.

Brightness from a source of light.

brush (e.g. teeth)

Shoeshine.

Excellence in quality or appearance.

excellence in quality or appearance

shining to glitter

(intransitive) To reflect light.

(transitive) To polish (something).

Sunshine.