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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Brightness; effulgence; light; sheen.
  2. n. Lightning.
  3. n. An effort to eclipse others or to be conspicuous; ostentatious display.
  4. n. The hunting of deer by attracting them with fire by night; jack-hunting. See to shine deer, under shine.
  5. Emitting or reflecting light; bright; gleaming; glowing; radiant; lustrous; polished; glossy.
  6. Splendid; illustrious; distinguished; conspicuous; notable: as, a shining example of charity.
  7. Synonyms Resplendent, effulgent, brilliant, luminous. See shine, intransitive verb

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Emitting light.
  2. adj. Reflecting light.
  3. adj. Having a high polish or sheen.
  4. adj. Having exceptional merit.
  5. v. present participle of shine.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; ; also, bright by the reflection of light.
  2. adj. Splendid; illustrious; brilliant; distinguished; conspicious.
  3. adj. Having the surface smooth and polished; -- said of leaves, the surfaces of shells, etc.
  4. n. Emission or reflection of light.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
  2. adj. marked by exceptional merit
  3. adj. reflecting light
  4. n. the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it

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  • Shining Wang My name is literally Shining. I'm a gerund, verb, and adjective. Fun. Nov 20, 2009

‘shining’ has been looked up 1168 times, loved by 1 person, added to 15 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 11.