Definition of shine

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Shine (v. i.) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation..

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Poor :: Poor (superl.) Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc..
Glisten :: Glisten (v. i.) To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars..
Flare :: Flare (v. i.) To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy.
Gloom :: Gloom (v. i.) To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.
Intermicate :: Intermicate (v. i.) To flash or shine between or among.
Shiner :: Shiner (n.) A luminary.
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..
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..
Brighten :: Brighten (a.) To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase the luster of; to give a brighter hue to.
Develop :: Develop (v. t.) To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by a process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an embryo, or a lower state, to a higher state or form of being; as, sunshine and rain develop the bud into a flower; to develop the mind..
Blazon :: Blazon (v. i.) To shine; to be conspicuous.
Summered :: Summer (n.) The season of the year in which the sun shines most directly upon any region; the warmest period of the year.
Ray :: Ray (v. i.) To shine, as with rays..
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..
Washiness :: Washiness (n.) The quality or state of being washy, watery, or weak..
Overshine :: Overshine (v. t.) To excel in shining; to outshine.
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..
Shine :: Shine (v. i.) Shining; sheen.
Effulge :: Effulge (v. i.) To shine forth; to beam.
Leme :: Leme (v. i.) To shine.
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