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1. Be bright by reflecting or casting light
   - reflect
    
2. Emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
   "The sun shone bright that day"
   - beam
    
3. Be shiny, as if wet
   - glitter, glisten, glint, gleam
    
4. Be distinguished or eminent
   "His talent shines"
    
5. Be clear and obvious
   "A shining example"
    
6. Have a complexion with a strong bright colour, such as red or pink
   - glow, beam, radiate
    
7. Throw or flash the light of (a lamp)
   "Shine the light on that window, please"
    
8. Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
   "The sun shone on the fields"
   - fall, strike
    
9. Experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
   - glow, beam, radiate
    
10. Make (a surface) shine
    "shine the silver, please"
    - polish, smooth, smoothen

1. The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
   - radiance, radiancy, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency

Derived forms: shines, shining, shone, shined

See also: shiner, shining, shiny

Type of: appear, be, beautify, brightness, come about, embellish, emit, experience, fall out, fancify, feel, give off, give out, go on, hap, happen, look, occur, pass, pass off, prettify, seem, take place

Encyclopedia: Shine, Silver Crystal! The Moon Princess Appears Shine Shine, Jesus Shine Shine, Jesus, Shine