shine

About 4.32 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
2. verb To reflect light.
3. verb To distinguish oneself; to excel.

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

4. verb To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
5. verb To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
6. verb To be immediately apparent.
7. verb To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).

   I shone my light into the darkness to see what was making the noise.

8. verb To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light.

   in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them

Similar words

refulgency refulgence effulgence glow radiance glisten gleam glitter glint smoothen

Often followed by

in on through with forth upon as and out

Word family

shined shines shining shone