shine
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(verb) be clear and obvious; "A shining example" |
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Related Words: be |
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(verb) be distinguished or eminent; "His talent shines" |
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Related Words: be |
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(verb) throw or flash the light of (a lamp, etc.): "Shine the light on that window, please" |
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(verb) emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "the fire beamed on their faces" |
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Synonyms: beam |
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Related Words: beacon, beat down, blaze, burn, flame, flare, flick, flicker, glare, glow, opalesce, outshine, scintillate, shimmer, twinkle, winkle |
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(verb) touch or seem as if touching; "Light fell on her face"; "The light struck the golden necklace" |
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Synonyms: fall, strike |
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Related Words: be, occur |
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(verb) be bright by reflecting or casting light |
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Synonyms: reflect |
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Related Words: coruscate, emit, give off, give out, glare, opalesce, sparkle |
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(noun) the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light |
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Synonyms: effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency |
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Related Words: brightness, burnish, gleam, gleaming, gloss, glossiness, glow, lambency, luster, lustre, polish, sheen, shininess |
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(verb) of surfaces; "shine the silver, please"; "shine my shoes" |
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Synonyms: polish, smooth, smoothen |
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Related Words: Simonize, beautify, buff, burnish, embellish, flush, furbish, prettify, sleek, slick |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: beam, glow, radiate |
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Related Words: experience, feel |
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(verb) esp. of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" |
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Synonyms: beam, glow, radiate |
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Related Words: appear, look, seem |
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(verb) be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" |
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Synonyms: gleam, glint, glisten, glitter |
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Related Words: appear, look, seem, shimmer, spangle |
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