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Word: shine (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • Brightness from a source of light.
  • Brightness from reflected light.
  • cricket The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
  • Excellence in quality or appearance.
  • Shoeshine.
  • slang Moonshine.
  • Sunshine.

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Verb:

  • transitive|cricket To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one?s clothing.
  • intransitive To be immediately apparent.
  • intransitive To distinguish oneself; to excel.
  • intransitive To emit light.
  • intransitive To reflect light.
  • transitive ergative To create light with a flashlight, lamp, torch, etc.
  • transitive To polish (something).

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