Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Brightness; effulgence; light; sheen.
- n. Lightning.
- n. An effort to eclipse others or to be conspicuous; ostentatious display.
- n. The hunting of deer by attracting them with fire by night; jack-hunting. See to shine deer, under shine.
- Emitting or reflecting light; bright; gleaming; glowing; radiant; lustrous; polished; glossy.
- Splendid; illustrious; distinguished; conspicuous; notable: as, a shining example of charity.
- Synonyms Resplendent, effulgent, brilliant, luminous. See shine, intransitive verb
Wiktionary
- adj. Emitting light.
- adj. Reflecting light.
- adj. Having a high polish or sheen.
- adj. Having exceptional merit.
- v. present participle of shine.
- n. A bright emission of light; a gleam.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; ; also, bright by the reflection of light.
- adj. Splendid; illustrious; brilliant; distinguished; conspicious.
- adj. Having the surface smooth and polished; -- said of leaves, the surfaces of shells, etc.
- n. Emission or reflection of light.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
- adj. marked by exceptional merit
- adj. reflecting light
- n. the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it
Examples
“When an animal is startled, he will stand gazing at the light, and his eyes may be seen shining distinctly: this is called "_shining the eyes_.”
“Newest, Picard echoed, the word shining in his mind bright as a nova.”
Simon & Schuster: Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light
“The magazines came to me in shrink-wrap, my name shining out in glossy black or blue or pink.”
“Steve's got a glamorous, feng-shuied-to-death new joint down the street with the four letters of his name shining out in the extensive flashing heraldry at the front entrance.”
“In Mongolia, the vice president tried his hand at archery, watched a wrestling match and named a horse during a brief visit to Mongolia, which he called a shining example of democratic development.”
“Bush also pointed to what he called a shining example of democracy in action, referring to the group's decision to hold a vote to decide to try to overpower the hijackers.”
“Importantly, this "shining" is in each case the sign that an entity has stepped into an "inner relation" with a higher whole.”
“NF/VG+ in shining black fine mesh cloth stamped brightly in gold on the spine with no flecking to the lettering.”
“Apparently, a Moscow weather department spokesperson offered this as an explanation: Several fronts have been passing through Moscow recently, there was an intrusion of the Arctic air too, the sun was shining from the west — this is how the effect was produced.”
Clip du jour: Moscow sky channels 'Independence Day' | EW.com
“To obtain that reflection, I took several shots each with the flash, which was attached to the camera with a flexible cord, shining from a different angle.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘shining’.
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®emovies
Movies or TV shows where the titles are also common words, generally one-word titles.
lost, alien, bug, elephant, siege, gladiator, flock, captivity, piano, roots, freaks, moonstruck and 269 more...
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RELI - words with Biblical connotations
Words in the Bible evoking biblical stories or with special spiritual meaning. Proper names have been reduced to the minimum.
ark, judgement, holy, saint, baptism, spirit, love, eternal, altar, balsam, covenant, flood and 1115 more...
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ghost
This is Ghost List 2 ( the kind that go 'boo!' ) :P
( open list )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/macabrephantom, spectral, specter, spectre, spooky, poltergeist, haunt, spirit, banshee, cryptic, shadow, phantasm and 311 more...
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Light Adjectives
lucid, bright, fluorescent, luminous, lustrous, vivid, radiant, shining, clear, brilliant, scintillant, unclouded and 10 more...
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no little thing
it bothers me when i hear someone who have experienced something life changing use the phrase: now i appreciate the little things. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY LITTLE THINGS. everything is EXTRAOR...
letters, living, understand, narrow, behavior, personal, need, meant, untamed, world, soldier, 'cause and 241 more...
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SAT
abandon,extreme e..., abash,to humiliate, abate,to lessen, abbreviate,to sho..., abridge, abdicate,to forma..., aberration,depart..., abnormality, abet,to encourage, abhor,to hate, abide,to follow o..., abject,utterly ho... and 2228 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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SAT
abandon,extreme e..., dispensing of all..., abash,to humiliate, abate,to lessen, abbreviate,to sho..., abridge, abdicate,to forma..., aberration,depart..., abnormality, abet,to encourage, abhor,to hate, abide,to follow o... and 2229 more...
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Bird Wirds: Adjectives
Adjectives used in actual (non-taxonomic) bird names, past and present.
roseate, glossy, whooping, neotropic, pelagic, ferruginous, crested, whiskered, marbled, tufted, horned, eared and 818 more...
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words about light
words about light, about qualities of light, about ways light is transmitted, about vision and lack thereof.
opacity, aureate, translucent, vivid, visual, blinding, dimness, brightness, lumens, luminous, fresnel, illumination and 27 more...
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My pretties...
What did i *just* say?
whirr, diaphanous, susurration, carousel, falconry, jug, cacophony, spanish moss, lurid, flotsam and jetsam, ribbon, lambent and 27 more...
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Bands that are words...
Those I like and those that are NOT phrases e.g. Air would count but Arcade Fire would not, even if I like both. Also specific groups of words are included such as Iron Maiden (a specific thing) vs...
air, iron maiden, kraftwerk, stereolab, pelican, isis, emperor, enslaved, beefcake, squarepusher, clutch, carcass and 34 more...
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razomrix's Words
c, amurny, iceblink, auchtermuchty, cacchio, menatal, strem, adore, no!, arse, hill, neck and 67 more...
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SAT
abandon,extreme e..., dispensing of all..., abash,to humiliate, abate,to lessen, abbreviate,to sho..., abridge, abdicate,to forma..., aberration,depart..., abnormality, abet,to encourage, abhor,to hate, abide,to follow o... and 2229 more...
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Late Night Double Feature
Films of the Sci-Fi, Horror variety (guilty pleasures included).
zombie, mask, matrix, braindead, house, fly, exorcist, solaris, alien, blob, akira, psycho and 33 more...
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Tunie: One Last Drink
By T. Lewington, as performed by Enter the Haggis, on their CD "Soapbox Heroes."
I've had a life that's full
Everyone's been good to me
So fire up that fiddle, boy,
A...world was mine, trace, drank, end, funeral, friends, room, departed, glass, raise, eye, never and 20 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for shining.
Shining Wang My name is literally Shining. I'm a gerund, verb, and adjective. Fun. Nov 20, 2009