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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Blink :: Blink (v. i.) To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp..
Sheen :: Sheen (v. i.) To shine; to glisten.
Redfin :: Redfin (n.) A small North American dace (Minnilus cornutus, or Notropis megalops). The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins. Called also red dace, and shiner. Applied also to Notropis ardens, of the Mississippi valley..
Flare :: Flare (v. i.) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
Blaze :: Blaze (v. i.) To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire blazes..
Ray :: Ray (v. i.) To shine, as with rays..
Out :: Out (a.) Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out..
Phosphorus :: Phosphorus (n.) Hence, any substance which shines in the dark like phosphorus, as certain phosphorescent bodies..
Gleam :: Gleam (v. t.) To shine; to cast light; to glitter.
Moonshiner :: Moonshiner (n.) A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night.
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..
Radiate :: Radiate (v. i.) To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.
Phosphoresce :: Phosphoresce (v. i.) To shine as phosphorus; to be phosphorescent; to emit a phosphoric light.
Sunfish :: Sunfish (n.) The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner..
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..
Sparada :: Sparada (n.) A small California surf fish (Micrometrus aggregatus); -- called also shiner.
Starshoot :: Starshine (n.) The light of the stars.
Shiner :: Shiner (n.) A luminary.
Shiness :: Shiness (n.) See Shyness.
Shiner :: Shiner (n.) A bright piece of money.
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