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What does shine mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word shine? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (intransitive) To emit light.
  2. (intransitive) To reflect light.
  3. (intransitive) To distinguish oneself; to excel.
  4. (intransitive) To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
  5. (intransitive) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
  6. (intransitive) To be immediately apparent.
  7. (transitive) To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
  8. (transitive) To cause to shine, as a light.
  9. (US, transitive) To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.
Noun
  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.
  8. (slang) A liking for a person; a fancy.
  9. (archaic, slang) A caper; an antic; a row.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
  2. (transitive, cricket) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.
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