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Idioms about shine
- regardless of the weather.
- no matter what the circumstances may be: Come rain or shine, he is always on the job.
come rain or shine,
take a shine to, Informal. to take a liking or fancy to: That little girl has really taken a shine to you.
Origin of shine
1First recorded before 900; Middle English verb shinen, shinnen, Old English scīnan; cognate with Dutch schijnen, German scheinen, Old Norse skīna, Gothic skeinan
synonym study for shine
1. Shine, beam, glare refer to the emitting or reflecting of light. Shine refers to a steady glowing or reflecting of light: to shine in the sun. That which beams gives forth a radiant or bright light: to beam like a star. Glare refers to the shining of a light that is not only bright but so strong as to be unpleasant and dazzling: to glare like a headlight.
OTHER WORDS FROM shine
un·shined, adjectiveWords nearby shine
shin, Shinar, shinbone, shindig, shindy, shine, shiner, shiner perch, shine up to, shingle, shingle oak
Other definitions for shine (2 of 2)
Origin of shine
2First recorded in 1935–40; by shortening
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How to use shine in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for shine
shine
/ (ʃaɪn) /
verb shines, shining or shone
noun
Word Origin for shine
Old English scīnan; related to Old Norse skīna, Gothic skeinan, Old High German scīnan to shine, Greek skia shadow
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