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shine

English

  1. 🔊 the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
  2. 🔊 be clear and obvious
    “A shining example”
  3. 🔊 be distinguished or eminent
    “His talent shines”
  4. 🔊 throw or flash the light of (a lamp)
    “Shine the light on that window, please”
  5. 🔊 emit light
    “The sun shone bright that day”
  6. 🔊 touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
    “Light fell on her face”
  7. 🔊 be bright by reflecting or casting light
    “Drive carefully--the wet road reflects”
  8. 🔊 make (a surface) shine
    “shine the silver, please”
  9. 🔊 experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
    “She was beaming with joy”
  10. 🔊 have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
    “Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna”
  11. 🔊 be shiny, as if wet
    “His eyes were glistening”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 brillar to shine
  2. 🔊 fulgir to shine
  3. 🔊 lucir to shine
  4. 🔊 esplender to shine, gleam
  5. 🔊 abrillantar to shine, polish
  6. 🔊 brillo shine, glow, radiance
  7. 🔊 fulgor shine, glow, splendor
  8. 🔊 refulgir to shine, to glean (usually said of the moon)

Similar words

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