Word Finder - shining

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To emit light.

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To reflect light.

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To distinguish oneself; to excel.

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My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shone at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team.

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To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.

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To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.

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To be immediately apparent.

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To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).

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I shone my light into the darkness to see what was making the noise.

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To cause to shine, as a light.

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To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.

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in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them

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To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).

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He shined my shoes until they were polished smooth and gleaming.

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To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.

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A bright emission of light; a gleam.

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Emitting light.

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• glowing
• luminous

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Reflecting light.

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• mirrorlike
• relucent

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Having a high polish or sheen.

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Having exceptional merit.

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a shining example

The warm sun was shining on us.

He thought that a wonderful light was shining around him.

Her dark shining hair was pulled back loosely with bejeweled combs and hung in loose curls down her back.

He is gorgeously clothed and carries shining weapons.

You were my knight in shining armor.

When she woke again, the sun was shining on her face.

Early in May, the oaks, hickories, maples, and other trees, just putting out amidst the pine woods around the pond, imparted a brightness like sunshine to the landscape, especially in cloudy days, as if the sun were breaking through mists and shining faintly on the hillsides here and there.

But I am a patient man and the sun is shining, the brook that fronts my home on wheels is singing.

The fruit consists of black shining drupes about the size of a, pea.

It is a dark yellow powder, which fuses at a high temperature, the liquid on cooling depositing shining tabular crystals; at a white heat it loses oxygen and yields the monoxide.

Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf.

But Prince Andrew did not see that, he saw her shining eyes which were beautiful.

They have a shining, marble-grey and brown, thick, leathery outer coat, within which is a thin dark-coloured brittle coat.

Even when she feels abased, I can see her beauty shining through.

The sphere of frozen moonlight gleamed, overshadowing the sunlight, shining like a beacon to light the path to a glorious future.

How can you go up to people and tell them they 're walking around shining like the sun?

The Yeltz finished the stronger side, with former Aston Villa midfielder Paul Birch shining.

It 's like The Shining directed by Chris Morris as the voice of a young girl taunts a man locked in a darkened room.

They give off some faint light, but they are not quite big enough to start shining through thermonuclear fusion.

She regaled me with her war stories, her eyes shining as she told of the countless near-misses I never tired of hearing.

He would also witness the strange Light shining like a great star, and he would tremble with fear.

And skylarks break from their hides in the tufted grass, as if drawn up on shining threads, their wings splashed with gold.

Basically, the light or fan has a battery inside that is charged by the semi-conductor panel whenever the sun is shining on it.

The company was named Souleiado, which means "a ray of sun shining through the clouds after a rain."

Heavy light blue eye shadow is synonymous with the 1970s, and light pink shining lip gloss was commonly worn in the 1980s.

She understands the art of maneuvering the spotlight and keeping it shining on you, and her fragrance reflects this knowledge.

Commonly referencing eyeliner, it can also stand for rouge, lip color, and even hair shining oils.

The Clairol Shining Star Lighted Makeup Mirror offers two evenly balanced light settings, tilting and angle adjustment, and a trim, lightweight design for everyday use.

Overdressing on the first date may put unnecessary pressure on yourself and your date to be on your best behavior and prevent the real you from shining through.

You do not want the sun shining directly in front or behind them, since this will create harsh shadows or cause people to squint when they're looking at the camera.

Despite these shining attributes, Carl is frequently reduced to paying for his, ahem, female companionship.

A young man going to a medieval prom could dress as a jester, peasant, or even become his date's knight in shining armor, minus the horse of course.

The sky was blue, the birds were singing and the sun shining ever so brightly, our pastor made it just as planned.

With a breathtaking view of the ocean shimmering in the background, a spate of soft, hot sand underfoot and the sun shining down on friends and family, the magic of the moment is somehow amplified in this lovely setting.

If you enjoy the sun shining through when you wake up in the morning, opt for a sheer curtain or drapery that captures natural light.

A knight on a horse beneath the castle may reflect some of the fairy tales about princesses and knights in shining armor.

According to ABC News, the Maoist Shining Path insurgency killed nearly 70,000 Peruvians during the 1980s and 1990s, nearly bringing Peru into a total collapse.

Kevin Federline - Federline has turned out to be a knight in shining armor…for Sean and Jayden that is, not so much for Britney.

The sun was shining on Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz's Saturday, May 17 wedding but the guests (says a snitch) were dressed in less than bright and cheery spring wedding colors.

If anyone wants to learn about how to be a complete idiot, just take a look at Pete Doherty's latest shining example of the extent of his non-existent good decision making skills.

Poms have a double coat, a soft undercoat and a shining coarse over coat.

Scientists and physicians saw nudism not as a return to Eden (although this trope certainly occurred in nudist writing), but as a path forward to a shining new modernity in which science, rather than superstition, would lead the way.

Division. A. nitida is a Mexican half-hardy evergreen with shining green leaves and white flowers.

From black roots spring healthy tufts of leaves with two or three pairs of shining leaflets; the flower-buds appearing soon afterwards, almost covering the plant with beautiful purple and blue blooms in April.

B. Roezli is a dense compact bush, 16 to 20 inches high, with shining green leaves.

Silene Pumilio - Like our Cushion Pink in its dwarf, firm tufts of shining green leaves, though these are a little more fleshy and not so spiny.

America, with shining dark green leaves, heart-shaped, and about half an inch long, thickly set upon graceful stems in clusters of three.

Olearia Insignis - The plant is dwarf, branched, the branches as thick as the little finger; the leaves from 3 to 5 inches long, 2 inches broad, rounded at the ends, thick and hard, shining green on the upper surface.

In the autumn these give place to red bladder-like fruits of attractive appearance, filled with shining black seeds.

C. diacantha has foliage of shining green, marking with silvery lines, and the spines are ivory white.