shine
part of speech
verb (shine, shines, shone/shined, shining); noun (shine, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) To shine is to give out bright light, like the sun or a torch. tree →
2) To shine is to look bright because light reflects on it, like polished shoes. tree →
3) To shine a light is to point it at something. tree →
4) To shine at something is to be very good at it. tree →
5) Shine is the brightness of a polished surface. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, the Sun and stars shine with their own light; the Moon does not — it reflects sunlight. Shiny materials reflect light well. In safety, never shine a torch or laser into someone's eyes and never look straight at the Sun. In stories, shining eyes show joy. Phrases: the sun is shining, shine a torch, rise and shine (wake up!), take a shine to (start to like), rain or shine.
examples
- The sun is shining today. tree →
- Shine the torch over here. tree →
- The Moon shines because it reflects sunlight. tree →
- He polished his shoes to a shine. tree →
- Her eyes shone with excitement. tree →
- She really shines at swimming. tree →
- We'll go to the match, rain or shine. tree →
- Then the Sun began to shine. tree →
note
Past form: shone for giving light (the sun shone); shined for polishing (he shined his shoes) — Americans often use shined for both. Adjective: shiny. Never look directly at the sun, even through sunglasses or a telescope.
In the corpora
- Make hay while the sun shines, because wet hay goes mouldy.
- Some people think the golden takin's shining coat inspired the Greek legend of the Golden Fleece.
- The caravan was «shining with newness, painted a canary-yellow picked out with green, and red wheels».
- Bright clothes help drivers see you by day, and reflective clothes shine in headlights at night.
- Fluorescent colours glow brightly in daylight, but reflective material is what shines back in headlights at night.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «shine» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.