(v. i.) To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night.
(v. i.) To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.
(v. i.) To be effulgent in splendor or beauty.
(v. i.) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation.
(v. t.) To cause to shine, as a light.
(v. t.) To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them.
(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.
(v. i.) Shining; sheen.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two of the largest markets are Germany and South Korea, often held up as shining examples of export-led economies.
(2) The NYT article further shines further light into this murky affair, in which both News International and the Metropolitan Police have so far been evasive, to say the least."
(3) So, at the end of her life, Williams, with other Hillsborough families, was recognised not as part of some Liverpool rabble but as a shining example: an everyday person embodying the extraordinary power and depth of human love.
(4) In a country crisscrossed from sea to shining sea by some of the world’s longest and most famous roads, what could be more simple?
(5) It's ironic given this sector is the one shining beacon of potential growth and job creation.
(6) Yes, Shine, the company she set up after a controversial departure from Sky, was helped by an output deal with that branch of the family firm.
(7) A world of hidden wealth: why we are shining a light offshore Read more However, the Nahmad lawyers have also insisted that because the painting is not in New York and the IAC is based in Panama, the court case should not be allowed to proceed in the US.
(8) The list is split between on and off-screen talent, including Sherlock producer Sue Vertue, the writer of Last Tango in Halifax and Happy Valley, Sally Wainwright, and Elisabeth Murdoch , founder of MasterChef producer Shine.
(9) What we need is international action now, and that’s precisely what we are doing today with real concrete action in the war against tax evasion.” He said the transparency rules on beneficial ownership showed that Britain and other governments were working to shine a spotlight on “those hiding spaces, those dark corners of the global financial system”.
(10) Murdoch is chief executive and chairman of Shine, one of the UK leading independent production companies; Hoberman is a non-executive director of the Guardian Media Group, which also publishes MediaGuardian.co.uk; and Highfield now has a senior role at Microsoft.
(11) But no one was looking, as the sun was simply shining too brightly for HMV.
(12) The current IRS controversy does not excuse sham political organizations masquerading as social welfare organizations, and shines a light on the critical need for campaign spending disclosure legislation.
(13) There was a decision to preference a new entrant into the WA political field, an Australian Aboriginal, who happens to be a member of the National Party, and to symbolically, I suppose, display him in the preference list … Where possible, where we see shining stars in individual parties, like Scott, or this guy from the Nats, we should individually preference them higher.
(14) "Right now the sun is shining and it's totally quiet – normally there is a lot of wind.
(15) A safety net to catch those fallen on hard times, come rain or shine, boom or bust, it would be there for all those who had paid in.
(16) Shine waited 18 hours before she could see her baby for the first time and reflected on how Google Glass could have been used in those initial 18 hours to ease some of her apprehensions and fears.
(17) The events in Carlisle shine a rather different light on the problems facing BHS than its bosses have outlined.
(18) A DfE spokesman says: "We are shining a light on the performance of local authorities on a whole range of different indicators which need to be considered jointly.
(19) For me, the shining example of hope and freedom on Lesvos is not its statue but its people.
(20) Yet all agreed that the more diverse the routes into a legal career the better, because at least once people from diverse backgrounds were in they had the chance to shine.
Shite
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) As one sports fan put it ruefully: "Nobody ever lost money underestimating the British public's appetite to buy shite."
(2) In the words of one Lib Dem Minister: "It will be shite."
(3) The latter is "a great place if you're under three or over 53; shite if you're anywhere in between," said Dan Kieran, deputy editor of the Idler, who launched the hunt for crapness last year on the magazine's website.
(4) "They don't come and stand in the crowd and go, 'Oh, thanks for the fucking 10-quid bag of shite, would you mind being in my film?'"
(5) The effect of short-term (6 months) administration of conjugated equine estrogen (Premarin) on content and composition of the aortic sterols in male shite Carneau pigeons while they were on a cholesterol-free grain diet was investigated.
(6) I'm thinking the one last time from ITV (over the cover of Hurt by Johnny Cash) was genuinely moving but looking at it now its shite .
(7) Allardyce, when told of his opposite number's comments, laughed and said: "I don't give a shite, to be honest."
(8) Bucks New University, in High Wycombe, concluded that an improved Facebook page carrying reviews of students' experiences was a must, with all the risks that came with that ("Shite", posted one unhappy alumnus).
(9) I said to him: "You know your early films were so good … would you say the ones that came directly after were a bag of shite?"
(10) "If you actually sit down and listen to them, there are some great moments, but there's a lot of shite, too."
(11) Even the bargain basement offering, described by one esteemed critic as 'shite food and less than half a bottle of mediocre wine', will set competitors back £244 each - far more than a meal for two at an exclusive restaurant.
(12) "Not content with spewing shite (as always), he's decided that Wesley Sneijder is called Wesley 'Sneijders'.
(13) Perhaps fragile and emotionally vulnerable students could be given an introductory series of lectures on how life can be utterly shite at times and a bit rough, too.
(14) Alternatively, don’t poison the fishing waters, abduct his great-grandparents into slavery, then turn up 400 years later on your gap year talking a lot of shite about fish.” We can’t put a price on the suffering wrought by colonialism.
(15) He can tell me that all he wants, I don’t give a shite.
(16) And in your heart you kind of know that although it sounds all right, it's actually just shite… The fear of having "had it, lost it", of knowing in your heart that it sounds just "all right", often seems to propel Danny Boyle's own career in its unpredictable and fast-forward course.
(17) And rather the fact-based miseries of these poor bastards than the fictional boohooisms of fellow "It were shite back then" costume grumbler The Village.
(18) The book includes a magnificently scathing 2001 resignation email to the NME , railing against sexism, “shite tunes” and pandering to the lowest common denominator – but she forgot to press “send”.
(19) Especially now with all the shite magazines – people wanna write about what fucking shoes you're wearing.