shine

shine is a 5-letter English word with 22 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 22 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night.
2. intransitive verb. To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.
3. intransitive verb. To be effulgent in splendor or beauty.
4. intransitive verb. To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation.
5. transitive verb. To cause to shine, as a light.
6. transitive verb. To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them.
7. noun. The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen.
8. noun. Sunshine; fair weather.
9. noun. A liking for a person; a fancy.
10. noun. Caper; antic; row.
11. intransitive verb. Shining; sheen.
12. noun. the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

    Synonyms: effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency

13. verb. make (a surface) shine

    "shine the silver, please"

    "polish my shoes"

    Synonyms: polish, smooth, smoothen

14. verb. experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion

    "She was beaming with joy"

    "Her face radiated with happiness"

    Synonyms: beam, glow, radiate

15. verb. have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

    "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna"

    Synonyms: beam, glow, radiate

16. verb. be shiny, as if wet

    "His eyes were glistening"

    Synonyms: gleam, glint, glisten, glitter

17. verb. touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

    "Light fell on her face"

    "The sun shone on the fields"

    Synonyms: fall, strike

18. verb. be clear and obvious

    "A shining example"

19. verb. be distinguished or eminent

    "His talent shines"

20. verb. throw or flash the light of (a lamp)

    "Shine the light on that window, please"

21. verb. emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light

    "The sun shone bright that day"

    "The fire beamed on their faces"

    Synonyms: beam

22. verb. be bright by reflecting or casting light

    "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects"

    Synonyms: reflect

Synonyms

effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, polish, smooth, smoothen, beam, glow, radiate, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, fall, strike, reflect

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in shine:

eshin, hsien

Common word forms

shined, shiner, shines, shining, shineless

Words from these letters

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