shine
English
/ʃaɪn/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To emit light.
- (intransitive) To reflect light.
- (intransitive) To distinguish oneself; to excel.
- (intransitive) To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
- (intransitive) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
- (intransitive) To be immediately apparent.
- (transitive) To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
- (transitive) To cause to shine, as a light.
- (US) To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English shinen inherited from Old English scīnan inherited from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (shine, appear).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skīnaną
Gloss
shine, appear
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Earth English
- ashine English
- back English
- backshine English
- beshine English
- candle English
- candleshine English
- core English
- coreshine English
- dew English
- dewshine English
- earthshine English
- eye English
- eyeshine English
- fire English
- fireshine English
- intershine English
- moon English
- moonshine English
- moonshiner English
- moonshining English
- moonshiny English
- nonshiny English
- outshine English
- overshine English
- ring English
- ringshine English
- shineless English
- shiner English
- shinest English
- shineth English
- shinily English
- shininess English
- shiny English
- shoe English
- shoeshine English
- spit English
- spitshine English
- star English
- starshine English
- sun English
- sunshine English
- sunshineful English
- sunshineless English
- sunshiney English
- sunshiny English
- sylvan English
- sylvanshine English
- through-shine English
- unshiny English
- wonder English
- wondershine English
- Führerschein German
- Geldschein German
- Gutschein German
- Heiligenschein German
- Krankenschein German
- Lichtschein German
- Mondschein German
- Parkschein German
- Schein German
- Scheinanglizismus German
- Scheinbuche German
- Scheinehe German
- Scheingericht German
- Scheinlogik German
- Schiene German
- Schuldschein German
- Sonnenschein German
- Taufschein German
- Waffenerwerbsschein German
- Widerschein German
- erscheinen German
- fadenscheinig German
- scheinen German
- scheinheilig German
- scheinselbstständig German
- scheintot German
- wahrscheinlich German
- sciuscià Italian
- beschijnen Dutch, Flemish
- schijnbaar Dutch, Flemish
- schijnen Dutch, Flemish
- schijngestalte Dutch, Flemish
- schijnheilig Dutch, Flemish
- schijnsel Dutch, Flemish
- uitschijnen Dutch, Flemish
- verschijnen Dutch, Flemish
- *skai- Proto-Indo-European
- skinne Norwegian Bokmål
- énskinnebane Norwegian Bokmål
- *skīnaną Proto-Germanic
- moscha Swedish
- skina Swedish
- skina Norwegian Nynorsk
- geondscinan Old English
- scīnan Old English
- beshinen Middle English
- schinen Middle English
- schyne Middle English
- schyner Middle English
- shinen Middle English
- sunnesine Middle English
- skína Old Norse
- ŝajni Esperanto
- schinen Middle Dutch
- skīnan Old High German
- scíam Old Irish
- sgiamh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- schīn Middle High German
- schīnen Middle High German
- Schäin Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Sonneschäin Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- schéngen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *skīnan gmw-pro
- skinan Old Dutch
- schînen Middle Low German
- skinan Old Saxon
- skīnan Old Saxon
- skīna, skina Old Swedish
- schienen Low German
- sun
- dew
- eye
- fire
- spit
- core
- moon
- ring
- shoe
- back
- star
- shiny
- Earth
- wonder
- shiner
- candle
- sylvan
- ashine
- shinest
- shinily
- beshine
- unshiny
- shineth
- sunshiny
- sunshine
- nonshiny
- outshine
- dewshine
- eyeshine
- spitshine
- shoeshine
- backshine
- overshine
- moonshine
- shineless
- starshine
- ringshine
- fireshine
- coreshine
- sunshiney
- moonshiny
- shininess
- earthshine
- moonshiner
- intershine
- moonshining
- sunshineful
- sylvanshine
- candleshine
- wondershine
- sunshineless
- through-shine