shine

Signification (Anglais)

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.

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. (slang) Moonshine; illicitly brewed alcoholic drink.
7. The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
8. (slang) A liking for a person; a fancy.
9. (slang) A caper; an antic; a row.

Concepts

briller

luire

éclat

étinceler

rayonner

scintiller

reluire

resplendir

éclairer

éclater

brillance

lumière

polir

refléter

lustrer

poutre

astiquer

faire des étincelles

frapper

brosser

cirer

faire briller

limer

vernir

avoir l’air attirant

avoir l’air mignon

brillant

écarquiller les yeux

être propre

être lumineux

jeter des éclairs

clair de lune

doucir

gratter

poncer

râper

lueur

poli

automne

devenir

grève

tomber

trouver

réfléchir

exceller

luminosité

lumière éblouissante

regard furieux

reluisent

reluisez

reluisons

luisance

luisant

lustrage

lustre

reflet

splendeur

flammèche

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ʃaɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English shinen, schinen (preterite schon, past participle schinen), from Old English scīnan (“to shine, flash; be resplendent”; preterite scān, past participle scinen), from Proto-West Germanic *skīnan (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine”).

Phrases

The sun thought about that , and decided to shine more brightly .

Le soleil y réfléchit et décida de briller plus brillamment.