Akademik

shine
1. verb /ʃaɪn/
a) To emit light.

My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shined at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team.

b) To reflect light.

I was grateful to you for giving him a years schooling — where he shined at it — and for putting him as a clerk in your counting-house, where he shined still more.

Syn: beam, glow, radiate, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, reflect, excel, polish, smooth, smoothen
2. noun /ʃaɪn/
a) Brightness from a source of light.
b) Brightness from reflected light.
Syn: effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, luster, brilliance, splendor, shoeshine, sunshine, moonshine

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