Definition of shine

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Shine (v. i.) To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver..

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Brushiness :: Brushiness (n.) The quality of resembling a brush; brushlike condition; shagginess.
Corpulency :: Corpulency (n.) Excessive fatness; fleshiness; obesity.
Twinkle :: Twinkle (v. i.) To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate..
Ray :: Ray (v. i.) To shine, as with rays..
Shine :: Shine (v. t.) To cause to shine, as a light..
Flare :: Flare (v. i.) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
Blenk :: Blenk (v. i.) To blink; to shine; to look.
Shine :: Shine (n.) Caper; antic; row.
Burnish :: Burnish (a.) To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper..
Glitter :: Glitter (v. i.) To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword..
Shiner :: Shiner (n.) Any one of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis, or Minnilus, and allied genera; as the redfin (Notropis megalops), and the golden shiner (Notemigonus chrysoleucus) of the Eastern United States; also loosely applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, or horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada..
Reillume :: Reillume (v. t.) To light again; to cause to shine anew; to relume; to reillumine.
Noctiluca :: Noctiluca (n.) That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus.
Earth Shine :: Earth shine () See Earth light, under Earth..
Dewretting :: Dewretting (n.) Dewrotting; the process of decomposing the gummy matter of flax and hemp and setting the fibrous part, by exposure on a sward to dew, rain, and sunshine..
Flashiness :: Flashiness (n.) The quality of being flashy.
Lepisma :: Lepisma (n.) A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species (Lepisma saccharina) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also shiner, silver witch, silver moth, and furniture bug..
Effulge :: Effulge (v. t.) To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam.
Sparkle :: Sparkle (n.) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle..
Squashy :: Squashiness (n.) The quality or state of being squashy, or soft..
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