shine
To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
Verb 4 meanings
To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
To reflect light.
To distinguish oneself; to excel.
“My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shone at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team.”
To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
Noun 4 meanings
Brightness from a source of light.
Brightness from reflected light.
Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.
Shoeshine.
Etymology
From Middle English shinen, schinen (preterite schon, past participle schinen), from Old English sċīnan (“to shine, flash; be resplendent”; preterite sċān, past participle sċinen), from Proto-West Germanic *skīnan (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine”).
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SHINE at a glance
SHINE has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (S 1 + H 4 + I 1 + N 1 + E 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,357 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with shine
All rhymesOne letter away
- SPINE7
- SHINY11
- SHIRE8
- SWINE8
- THINE8
- RHINE8
- WHINE11
- SHONE8
- SEINE5
- SHINS8
- CHINE10
- SHIVE11
- SAINE5
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