shine

1. 1.

   the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

   Synonymsradianceradiancyeffulgencerefulgencerefulgency

   Broaderbrightness

   Narrowergleamshininesspolish

Other forms of shine

plural

shines·

past tense or participle

shone

present participle

shining·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shine

What does shine mean?

shine means "be bright by reflecting or casting light". That is the primary sense; the word has 11 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shine?

shine has 1 syllable: shine. In IPA it is /ˈʃaɪn/.

What is another word for shine?

Close synonyms include reflect, beam, glitter, glisten, glint. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shine a common word?

shine is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with shine?

3 words rhyme with shine. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.