shine

shine
verb
ADVERB
brightly, brilliantly

The sun was shining brightly.

faintly
briefly
directly

A spotlight was shining directly into her eyes.

warmly
down, in, out

Sunlight shone in through the window.

VERB + SHINE
seem to (figurative)

She seemed to shine with an inner radiance.

make sth

You've really made that floor shine!

PREPOSITION
at

The watchman shone his torch at us.

from (figurative)

Love and pride shone from her eyes.

in

The water was shining faintly in the moonlight.

like

The dark wood shone like glass.

on, upon

The light shone on his face.

through, with (figurative)

His dark eyes shone with excitement.

Shine is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑beam, ↑eye, ↑hair, ↑headlights, ↑lamp, ↑lantern, ↑light, ↑moon, ↑moonlight, ↑ray, ↑star, ↑stone, ↑sun, ↑sunlight, ↑tooth, ↑torch, ↑window
Shine is used with these nouns as the object: ↑beam, ↑flashlight, ↑lantern, ↑light, ↑ray, ↑shoe, ↑spotlight, ↑torch

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