shine

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

• intransitive v. To emit light.
• intransitive v. To reflect light; glint or glisten.
• intransitive v. To distinguish oneself in an activity or a field; excel.
• intransitive v. To be immediately apparent: Delight shone in her eyes.
• transitive v. To aim or cast the beam or glow of (a light).
• transitive v. To make glossy or bright by polishing.
• n. Brightness from a source of light; radiance.
• n. Brightness from reflected light; luster.
• n. A shoeshine.
• n. Excellence in quality or appearance; splendor.
• n. Fair weather: rain or shine.
• n. Informal Pranks or tricks.
• n. Slang Whiskey; moonshine.
• n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a Black person.
• idiom shine up to Informal To try to impress or please: shined up to the boss, hoping to get a raise.
• idiom take a shine to Informal To like spontaneously.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

• v. To emit light.
• v. To reflect light.
• v. To distinguish oneself; to excel.
• v. To be immediately apparent.
• v. To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
• n. Brightness from a source of light.
• n. Brightness from reflected light.
• n. Excellence in quality or appearance.
• n. Shoeshine.
• n. Sunshine.
• n. Moonshine.
• n. The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
• v. To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
• v. To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• intransitive v. To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor
• intransitive v. To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy.
• intransitive v. To be effulgent in splendor or beauty.
• intransitive v. To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
• transitive v. To cause to shine, as a light.
• transitive v. To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.
• n. The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen.
• n. Sunshine; fair weather.
• n. A liking for a person; a fancy.
• n. Caper; antic; row.
• adj. Shining; sheen.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

• To send forth or give out light or brightness, literally or figuratively: as, the sun shines by day, the moon by night.
• To present a bright appearance; glow; gleam; glitter.
• To beam forth; show itself clearly or conspicuously; be noticeably prominent or brilliant.
• To excel; be eminent, distinguished, or conspicuous: as, to shine in society, or in conversation; to shine in letters.
• To present a splendid or dazzling appearance; make a brave show.
• Synonyms To radiate, glow. Shine differs from the words compared under glare, v., in that it generally stands for a steady radiation or emission of light. It is with different thoughts of the light of the fixed stars that we say that they shine, sparkle, gleam, or glitter.
• To cause to shine.
• n. Light; illumination.
• n. Sunshine; hence, fair weather.
• n. Sheen; brilliancy; luster; gloss.
• n. Brightness; splendor; irradiation.
• n. A fancy; liking: as, to take a shine to a person.
• n. A disturbance; a row; a rumpus; a shindy.
• n. A trick; a prank: as, to cut up shines.
• Bright or shining; glittering.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• n. the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
• v. emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
• v. have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
• v. be shiny, as if wet
• v. be bright by reflecting or casting light
• v. experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
• v. throw or flash the light of (a lamp)
• v. touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
• v. make (a surface) shine
• v. be distinguished or eminent
• v. be clear and obvious