- the bright quality that something has when light is reflected on it
- a shampoo that gives your hair body and shine
- the shine of polished wood
Extra Examples- hair that has lost its shine
- A manicure will bring a shine to your nails.
Word OriginOld English scīnan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schijnen and German scheinen.
Idioms
See shine in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarycome rain, come shine | (come) rain or shine
- whether there is rain or sun; whatever happens
- He goes jogging every morning, rain or shine.
- We work outside every day, rain or shine.
take the shine off something
- (informal) to make something seem much less good than it did at first
take a shine to somebody/something
- (informal) to begin to like somebody very much as soon as you see or meet them
- He seems to have taken a shine to you.
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