shone Definition

shine
verb shone (past tense, past participle), shined (past tense, past participle in sense 4), shining (present participle)

intr
1. To give out or reflect light; to beam with a steady radiance.

Thesaurus: radiate, glimmer, sparkle, glow, flash, blaze, illuminate.
2. To direct the light from something.

Example: They shone the torch around the room
3. To be bright; to glow.

Example: Her face shone with joy
4. To make bright and gleaming by polishing.

Thesaurus: polish, burnish, scour, wax, buff.
intr
5. To be outstandingly impressive in ability; to excel.

Example: She shines at maths
intr
6. To be clear or conspicuous.

Example: Praise shone from his commentary

noun

1. Shining quality; brightness or lustre.

Thesaurus: brightness, polish, gloss, glow, lustre, radiance, sheen, luminosity, burnish, effulgence.
2. An act or process of polishing.

Idiom: come rain or shine

See under rain.

Idiom: take a shine to someone

colloq
To like or fancy them on first acquaintance.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon scinan.

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shone past tense, past participle of shine