(~s, shining, ~d, shone)
1.
When the sun or a light ~s, it gives out bright light.
It is a mild morning and the sun is shining...
A few scattered lights shone on the horizon.
VERB: V, V
2.
If you ~ a torch or other light somewhere, you point it there, so that you can see something when it is dark.
One of the men shone a torch in his face...
The man walked slowly towards her, shining the flashlight.
VERB: V n prep, V n
3.
Something that ~s is very bright and clear because it is reflecting light.
Her blue eyes shone and caught the light.
...shining aluminum machines.
= gleam
VERB: V, V-ing
4.
Something that has a ~ is bright and clear because it is reflecting light.
This gel gives a beautiful ~ to the hair...
= sheen
N-SING
5.
If you ~ a wooden, leather, or metal object, you make it bright by rubbing or polishing it.
Let him dust and ~ the furniture...
= polish
VERB: V n
6.
Someone who ~s at a skill or activity does it extremely well.
Did you ~ at school?...
= excel
VERB: V
7.
see also shining
8.
If you say that someone has taken a ~ to another person, you mean that he or she liked them very much at their first meeting. (INFORMAL)
Seems to me you’ve taken quite a ~ to Miss Richmond.
PHRASE: V inflects
9.
rain or ~: see rain