shine

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
  2. verb be bright by reflecting or casting light
  3. verb emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light

Etymology

From Middle English shinen, schinen (preterite schon, past participle schinen), from Old English sċīnan (“to shine, flash; be resplendent”; preterite sċān, past participle sċinen), from Proto-West Germanic *skīnan (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

radiance, radiancy, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency

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