shine

Etymology 1
From, (preterite , past participle ), from  “to shine, flash; be resplendent”; preterite, past participle, from , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
 * 2)  To reflect light.
 * 3)  To distinguish oneself; to excel.
 * 4)  To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
 * 5)  To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
 * 6)  To be immediately apparent.
 * 7)  To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
 * 8)  To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light.
 * 1)  To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
 * 2)  To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
 * 3)  To be immediately apparent.
 * 4)  To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
 * 5)  To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light.
 * 1)  To be immediately apparent.
 * 2)  To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
 * 3)  To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light.
 * 1)  To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light.
 * 1)  To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light.

Translations

 * Albanian: shëndrit
 * Arabic:, وَمَضَ
 * Hijazi Arabic: لَقّ, لَمَع, شَعّ
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: lutsescu
 * Assamese: জিলিকা, উজলা
 * Asturian: brillar, llucir
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: свяці́ць, ззяць
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Crimean Tatar: yıltıramaq
 * Czech:
 * Danish: skinne,, stråle
 * Dutch: ,
 * Egyptian:, ,
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: lusî, sflandorâ, slusorâ, splendi
 * Galician:, , , , ,
 * Georgian: კაშკაშებს, ბრწყინავს, ბრჭყვინავს, ანათებს, ელვარებს, ჩახჩახებს
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽, 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λάμπω, φαίνω
 * Guaraní: mimbi, rataindy
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: चमकना,, , प्रकाशित करना
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: brillar
 * Irish: taitin
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:, ,
 * Latin:, niteō
 * Lithuanian: šviesti
 * Luxembourgish: schéngen
 * Macedonian: сјае, свети
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: tīaho
 * Nahuatl: tona
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: skine
 * Occitan:, lusejar,
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: сиꙗти
 * Old East Slavic: сиꙗти
 * Old English: scīnan
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, , błyszczeć się
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Quechua: illay, llimphiy,
 * Romagnol: brilêr
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Romansch: traglischar, glischar, tarlischar, glischear, targlischier, glüschir
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sanskrit: जिघर्ति,
 * Sardinian: lúchere, lúgere, luxi
 * Scottish Gaelic: deàrrs, deàlraich, boillsg
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: сѝјати
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: svietiť
 * Slovene: svetiti, sijati
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tajik: дурахшидан
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ,
 * Tocharian A: luk-
 * Tocharian B: luk-
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: світи́ти, сяя́ти
 * Urdu: چمکنا, جگمگانا, جهلملانا
 * Vietnamese: toả sáng, ,
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: שײַנען


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: блішча́ць, блі́скаць, зіхаце́ць, ззяць
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech: třpytit,
 * Danish: glimte
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λάμπω, φαίνω
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: nitere
 * Macedonian: светка, сјае
 * Malayalam:
 * Nahuatl: tona
 * Polish:, , , błyskotać
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: deàrrs, deàlraich, boillsg
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: блѝстати, сѝјати
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: blyšťať
 * Slovene: blesteti, sijati
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu: మెరియు
 * Ukrainian:, ся́яти


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: блішча́ць, ззяць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: glimre, brillere
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: emineo, excello,, antecedo
 * Malayalam:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, vara
 * Telugu: వెలిగిపోవు
 * Ukrainian:, ся́яти


 * Bulgarian: очевиден съм
 * Dutch: voor de hand liggen
 * Finnish: paistaa silmään
 * Latin: emineo
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish: lysa i ögonen


 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λάμπω, φαίνω
 * Japanese:
 * Spanish:


 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Norman:
 * Romanian:

Noun

 * 1) Brightness from a source of light.
 * 2) Brightness from reflected light.
 * 3) Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.
 * 4) Shoeshine.
 * 5) Sunshine.
 * 6)  Moonshine; illicitly brewed alcoholic drink.
 * 7)  The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
 * 8)  A liking for a person; a fancy.
 * She's certainly taken a shine to you.
 * 1)  A caper; an antic; a row.
 * She's certainly taken a shine to you.
 * 1)  A caper; an antic; a row.

Synonyms

 * See shoeshine
 * See sunshine
 * See moonshine
 * See shoeshine
 * See sunshine
 * See moonshine

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: brillu
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, lluentor, lluïssor
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: სინათლე, ნათება, ბრწყინვალება, კაშკაში, ელვარება, ბრჭყვინვა, ბრწყინვა, ჩახჩახი
 * German:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ڕۆشنایی‌
 * Malayalam:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: glans
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بریقە
 * Malayalam:
 * Plautdietsch: Schien
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Ukrainian:, ся́йво


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: brillans
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * German: Brillanz, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian:


 * German:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Korean:
 * Mandarin:
 * Romanian:

Etymology 2
From the noun, or perhaps continuing in its causative uses, from , and also , from , from , causative of.

Verb

 * 1)  To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
 * He shined my shoes until they were polished smooth and gleaming.
 * 1)  To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Danish: pudse,, blanke
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: tergeo, polio, expolio, levigo
 * Maori: whakapiata
 * Nahuatl: tona
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: lìomh
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Turkish: