| VERB | weather | shine, reflect | be bright by reflecting or casting light |
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| weather | shine, beam | emit light | |
| perception | shine, glitter, glisten, glint, gleam | be shiny, as if wet | |
| stative | shine | be distinguished or eminent | |
| stative | shine | be clear and obvious | |
| perception | shine, glow, beam, radiate | have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink | |
| weather | shine | throw or flash the light of (a lamp) | |
| stative | shine, fall, strike | touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly | |
| emotion | shine, glow, beam, radiate | experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion | |
| contact | shine, polish, smooth, smoothen | make (a surface) shine | |
| NOUN | attribute | shine, radiance, radiancy, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency | the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light |
| Sounds | shay'n | |
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| Rhymes | affine ... wine: 145 rhymes with ayn... | |
| Meaning | The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light. | |
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| Synonyms | radiance, radiancy, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency | |
| Narrower | gleam, gleaming, glow, lambency | An appearance of reflected light |
| polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish | The property of being smooth and shiny | |
| shininess, sheen, luster, lustre | The visual property of something that shines with reflected light | |
| Broader | brightness | The location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white |
| Spanish | brillantez, brillo, esplendor, radiancia espectral, radiancia, refulgencia, resplandor | |
| Catalan | brillantor, esplendor, fulgència, fulgidesa, lluentor, lluïssor, llustre, resplendor | |
| Adjectives | shiny | having a shiny surface or coating / coating |
| shiny | made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing | |
| Verbs | shine | emit light |
| shine | be bright by reflecting or casting light | |
| shine | throw or flash the light of (a lamp) | |
| Meaning | Be bright by reflecting or casting light. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | The coins shine | |
| Synonym | reflect | |
| Narrower | glare | Be sharply reflected |
| luminesce | Be or become luminescent | |
| opalesce | Reflect light or colors like an opal | |
| resplend | Be resplendent or radiant | |
| sparkle, scintillate, coruscate | Reflect brightly | |
| Broader | emit, give out, give off | give off, send forth, or discharge |
| Spanish | brillar, reflejar, relucir | |
| Catalan | brillar, lluir, reflectir | |
| Nouns | shine | the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light |
| shiner | something that shines (with emitted or reflected light) | |
| Meaning | emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | Lights shine on the horizon; The horizon is shineing with lights | |
| Synonym | beam | |
| Caused by | shine | Throw or flash the light of (a lamp) |
| Narrower | beacon | shine like a beacon |
| beat down | shine hard | |
| blaze | shine brightly and intensively | |
| burn, glow | shine intensely, as if with heat | |
| flare, flame | shine with a sudden light | |
| flicker, flick | shine unsteadily | |
| glare | shine intensely | |
| outshine | shine brighter than | |
| shimmer | shine with a weak or fitful light | |
| twinkle, winkle, scintillate | emit or reflect light in a flickering manner | |
| Spanish | brillar, lucir, relucir, relumbrar, resplandecer | |
| Catalan | brillar, lluir, relluir, resplendir | |
| Nouns | shine | the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light |
| Meaning | Be shiny, as if wet. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | glitter, glisten, glint, gleam | |
| Narrower | shimmer | give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk |
| spangle | Glitter as if covered with spangles | |
| Broader | look, appear, seem | Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect |
| Spanish | brillar, centellear, destellar, fulgurar, relucir, resplandecer, rutilar | |
| Catalan | brillar, centellejar, espurnejar, fulgurar, llampurnar, lluir, relluir, resplendir, rutilar | |
| Meaning | Be distinguished or eminent. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "His talent shines" | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Spanish | brillar, relucir | |
| Catalan | brillar | |
| Meaning | Be clear and obvious. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Meaning | Have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | glow, beam, radiate | |
| Broader | look, appear, seem | Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect |
| Spanish | brillar, irradiar, lucir, resplandecer | |
| Catalan | brillar, relluir, resplendir | |
| Meaning | Throw or flash the light of (a lamp). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "Shine the light on that window, please" | |
| Cause to | shine, beam | emit light |
| Nouns | shine | the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light |
| Meaning | touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | fall, strike | |
| Broader | happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place | Come to pass |
| Spanish | brillar | |
| Catalan | brillar | |
| Meaning | Experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | glow, beam, radiate | |
| Broader | feel, experience | Undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind |
| Meaning | make (a surface) shine. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They shine the glass tubes | |
| Example | "shine the silver, please" | |
| Synonyms | polish, smooth, smoothen | |
| Entails | rub | Move over something with pressure |
| Narrower | Simonize, Simonise | polish with wax |
| buff, burnish, furbish | polish and make shiny | |
| gloss | Give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing | |
| slick, sleek | make slick or smooth | |
| Broader | fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify | make more beautiful |
| Spanish | abrillantar, acicalar, bruñir, cepillar, lustrar, pulir | |
| Catalan | brunyir, enllustrar, llustrar, lustrar, polir, raspallar | |
| Nouns | shining | the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it |
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