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Shining meaning in English

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Shining

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Noun

1. polishing, shining

the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it

Example Sentences:
'the shining of shoes provided a meager living'
'every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing'

Adjective

2. shining

marked by exceptional merit

Example Sentences:
'had shining virtues and few faults'
'a shining example'

3. bright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny

made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

Example Sentences:
'bright silver candlesticks'
'a burnished brass knocker'
'she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves'
'rows of shining glasses'
'shiny black patents'

4. glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shining, shiny

reflecting light

Example Sentences:
'glistening bodies of swimmers'
'the horse's glossy coat'
'lustrous auburn hair'
'saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet'
'shining white enamel'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Shining

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adjective
1. 
used to say that an achievement or quality is a very good one which should be greatly admired; outstanding
a shining example to someone
The space-rocket project has been a shining success.
She is a shining example to us all.
2. 
very bright and clear due to reflecting light; gleaming
surrounded by shining aluminum machines
her shining blue eyes

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Shining

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adjective
1. 
giving off or reflecting light; radiant; bright
2. 
brilliant; splendid
a shining example

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Shining

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v. shone (shōn) or shined, shin·ing, shines
v.intr.
1. To emit light.
2. To reflect light; glint or glisten.
3. To distinguish oneself in an activity or a field; excel.
4. To be immediately apparent: Delight shone in her eyes.
v.tr.
1. To aim or cast the beam or glow of (a light).
2. past tense and past participle shined To make glossy or bright by polishing.
n.
1. Brightness from a source of light; radiance.
2. Brightness from reflected light; luster.
3. A shoeshine.
4. Excellence in quality or appearance; splendor.
5. Fair weather: rain or shine.
6. shines Informal Pranks or tricks.
7. Slang Whiskey; moonshine.
8. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a black person.

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