shine

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To emit light.
• intransitive verb To reflect light; glint or glisten.
• intransitive verb To distinguish oneself in an activity or a field; excel.
• intransitive verb To be immediately apparent.
• intransitive verb To aim or cast the beam or glow of (a light).
• intransitive verb To make glossy or bright by polishing.
• noun Brightness from a source of light; radiance.
• noun Brightness from reflected light; luster.
• noun A shoeshine.
• noun Excellence in quality or appearance; splendor.
• noun Fair weather.
• noun Informal Pranks or tricks.
• noun Slang Whiskey; moonshine.
• noun Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a black person.
• idiom (shine up to) To try to impress or please.
• idiom (take a shine to) To like spontaneously.

from The Century Dictionary.

• 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.
• Bright or shining; glittering.
• noun Light; illumination.
• noun Sunshine; hence, fair weather.
• noun Sheen; brilliancy; luster; gloss.
• noun Brightness; splendor; irradiation.
• noun A fancy; liking: as, to take a shine to a person.
• noun A disturbance; a row; a rumpus; a shindy.
• noun A trick; a prank: as, to cut up shines.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• transitive verb obsolete To cause to shine, as a light.
• transitive verb United States To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.
• adjective obsolete Shining; sheen.
• intransitive verb To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor
• intransitive verb To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy.
• intransitive verb To be effulgent in splendor or beauty.
• intransitive verb To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
• intransitive verb to be propitious to; to be gracious to.
• noun The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen.
• noun Sunshine; fair weather.
• noun Slang, U.S. A liking for a person; a fancy.
• noun Slang Caper; antic; row.
• noun [Slang, U.S.] to play pranks.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• verb intransitive To emit light.
• verb intransitive To reflect light.
• verb intransitive To distinguish oneself; to excel.
• verb intransitive To be immediately apparent.
• verb transitive To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).