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shone

[ shohn; especially British shon ]
/ ʃoʊn; especially British ʃɒn /
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verb
a simple past tense and past participle of shine1.
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shone
/ (ʃɒn, US ʃəʊn) /

verb
the past tense and past participle of shine
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