Shine

What do we mean by shine?

To emit light. intransitive verb

To reflect light; glint or glisten. intransitive verb

To distinguish oneself in an activity or a field; excel. intransitive verb

To be immediately apparent. intransitive verb

To aim or cast the beam or glow of (a light). intransitive verb

To make glossy or bright by polishing. intransitive verb

Brightness from a source of light; radiance. noun

Brightness from reflected light; luster. noun

A shoeshine. noun

Excellence in quality or appearance; splendor. noun

Fair weather. noun

Pranks or tricks. noun

Whiskey; moonshine. noun

Used as a disparaging term for a black person. noun

(shine up to) To try to impress or please. idiom

(take a shine to) To like spontaneously. idiom

To send forth or give out light or brightness, literally or figuratively: as, the sun shines by day, the moon by night.

To present a bright appearance; glow; gleam; glitter.

To beam forth; show itself clearly or conspicuously; be noticeably prominent or brilliant.

To excel; be eminent, distinguished, or conspicuous: as, to shine in society, or in conversation; to shine in letters.

Brightness from a source of light.

Brightness from reflected light.

Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.

Shoeshine.

Sunshine.

Moonshine; illicitly brewed alcoholic drink.

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

A liking for a person; a fancy.

A caper; an antic; a row.

Words that are spelled similarly to shine:
shine, whine, spine, shiny, shin, shrine, shire, sine, shone, thine, seine, chine, swine, stine, shane, saine, rhine, shike, shive, shite, shie, hine, shing, shide, shime, suine, shins, ashine, shino, shina, shinn, shipe, shinc, shune, shyne, shaine, shinu, shibe.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word shine:
brightly, spotlight, crazy, anymore, harvest, shoes, bright, diamond, light, bates, philippine, moon, rain, tag, glory, wrestling, forth, forever, harvey, your, sun, gospel, song, sky, pink, sung, mix, album, sweet.

Words that rhyme with shine:
line, design, sign, pine, fein, fine, vine, benign, divine, align, wine, genuine, mine, decline, assign, outline, asinine, undermine, define, online, supine, opine, streamline, pipeline, brine, malign, combine, whine, baseline, nine, byzantine, resign, incline, bovine, spine, confine, refine, deadline, concubine, shrine, canine, lifeline, tine, moonshine, grapevine, consign, stein, devine, sine, endocrine, lupine, enshrine, outshine, frontline, sunshine, thine, dine, equine, alkaline, alpine, feline, sideline, chine, twine, aline, guideline, porcupine, swine, iodine, valentine, tagline, intertwine, byline, headline, serpentine, saccharine, storyline, stine, zine, cline, borderline, spline, crystalline, bottom line, airline, eglantine, turpentine, affine, dopamine, hotline, trine, quinine, punchline, underline, skyline, entwine, ballantine, palatine, rine, clementine.

Adjectives that are often used to describe shine:
light, sun, righteous, high, bright, moon, perpetual, cooky, dull, white, brilliant, soft, golden, yellow, metallic, glossy, eternal, star, faint, extra, pure, nice, dark, lustre, blue, red, divine, deep, silvery, brighter, pale, heavenly, holy, beautiful, brightest, green, glorious, hard, fair, inconstant, wet, slight, dim, cold, healthy, dazzling, like, strange, warm, lustrous, sudden, rich, earth, radiant, mingled, peculiar, oily, steady, lovely, celestial, greasy, ruby, smooth, resplendent, deceitful, gonna, quick.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective shine:
boys, boy, dalgarno, stand, light, box, sun, shoes, honour, parlor, man, day, parlors, kuang, boots, hill, night, stands, holiday, kit, men, boxes, front, business, republic, honor, weather, star, chain, lamp, moon, comforts, finish, shop, down, stars, astray, delgarno, floodlights, shone, others, parlour, kits, sir, scene, service, living, rag, dalgamo, guang, ball, chair, mister, guy, hours, ted, management, ray, richard, parlours, blest, vii, village, eye, grey, miss, penlight, lights, pale, calendula, melts, embers, flashlight, sparkle, etal, carlyle, urr.

Consonant match to shine:
shun, shin, sheen, shone, shane, shown, sean, shan, shawn, shoon, shon, shen, cian, shewn, shaun, xan, schon, shain, shahn, schein, shein, shoen, shayne, shinn, schoen, shean, schone, shoun, shyne, shaine.

Words that sound like shine:
shine, shyne, schein, shein, shown, shun, sean, shin, sheen, shone, shane, shawn, sion, shaun, shan, shon, shen, -tion, xan, cian, shayne, shime, shean, schene, shain, shoun, shoon, shinn, schon, schoen, shaine, shoen, szene, scheen, schone, sheene, schin, shewn, shahn, shonn, hsin, hsien, scian, hsian, jain, gywn, jein, shame, shy, shines, shiny, sham, shrine, shined, cheyenne, shiner, shing, shim, shem, shang, shie, xing, cheyanne, shum, shai, sheng, shina, shawm, shern, schwein, schum, shom, ashine, schaum, shn, schemm, xim, scham, sheyenne, hsn, siang, schlein, scheiner, shuang, eyeshine, schn, hsiang, schei, sjam, chain, chan, chen, chane, chian, chien, chaine, chaun, cheyne, -ian, chene.