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Shining [shahy-ning]

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Main Entry:	shine [shahyn] Show IPA/ʃaɪn/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	give off or reflect light
Synonyms:	beam, bedazzle, blaze, blink, burn, dazzle, deflect, emit light, flare, flash, flicker, give light, glare, gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, glow, illuminate, illumine, incandesce, irradiate, luminesce, mirror, radiate, scintillate, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle
Antonyms:	dull

Main Entry:	shining
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	bright
Synonyms:	effulgent, gleaming, glistening, luminous, radiant, shimmering

Main Entry:	shining
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	illustrious
Synonyms:	brilliant, distinguished, eminent, glorious, remarkable, splendid

Example Sentences

The shining rocks could sometimes be found in rattlesnake dens, she said.

It's a human edifice that does its shining on graduation day.

The sound of ululation could be heard from sea to shining sea.

The shining rocks could sometimes be found in rattlesnake dens, she said.

It's a human edifice that does its shining on graduation day.

The sound of ululation could be heard from sea to shining sea.

Some work together to drive fish into shining corrals made from.

They are created by the last direct light from the sun shining through valleys in.

Shining a light on neurons containing the gene can change their behavior.

But solar and wind installations produce power only when the sun is shining or a breeze is blowing.

Libya, for the time being, has become a shining example of successful humanitarian intervention.

Smaller seminars may meet outside when the sun is shining.

Luckily, there are no lights shining from a nearby street or house.

Seargent's case could have been a shining success story for genetic science.

For one brief shining moment, she was at a loss for words.

And since fall hasn't been shining so brightly on other cities, we.

Michael will always be remembered for his grace and dignity, and as a shining.

In essence, a new rainbow of physics emerges by shining old physics through a musical prism.

Instead of shining light at the planet, however, his team beamed radio waves toward it.

Shining yellow light on it yields an inhibitory, negative signal.

That's one of the great shining lights of the future.

What had been billed as the clean, cheap, limitless energy source for a shining future was suddenly too hot to handle.

Ellen, thanks for shining a light into the prison system, and opening the bars a crack to let others see what is going on there.

Simison, shining up on the wall behind his shoulder.

Disposing of the mining waste through public water systems extends the toxic footprint from sea to shining sea.

Nebraska men are mid-western knights in shining armor with their strong family.

Players must then hide in shelters or use weapons to ward them off until the sun starts shining again.

What was once a shining example of what can be a great model for education, quickly deteriorated.

Sun shining through a window is an example of the simplest form of solar heating.

By the time of the study, he was virtually blind, although he could still tell the direction from which a light was shining.

Again, thanks for shining your light on us for a bit come back and visit anytime.

And that's with a shining yellow sun to light your way for you.

David was a shining beacon of critical scholarship in the rather dismal field of science and technology studies.

And while the sun may not be shining too brightly or too long each day, there are plenty of solar-powered gifts and home.

After the image is all but gone, it can be re-energized by shining a little light on your closed eyes.

Two years later, those same ladies are probably more likely to be impressed by your naked, shining iPad.

Not too windy though, and the sun is shining and morning clouds have dissipated.

Cities may discover that controlling outdoors lighting may have more benefits than saving energy and keeping the stars shining.

The bright planets would have appeared so close together they could have been taken as a single shining star.

Shining the light for too long on one area results in a hot spot that doesn't look right.

Verbeeck and his team have confirmed that this is the case by shining the spiraling beam onto a ferromagnetic film of.

Schmidt's team's method involves shining a red laser through a tabletop maze of mirrors into the optical chip.

It takes millions of years for a new star to finally begin shining.

He is perceptive in shining light on the unacknowledged array of dimensional hierarchy.

Wikipedia is a shining beacon of the original promise of the web.

The only way to win is by shining the light on the differences," he added.

The shining hope for a revolution in human consciousness lies in the actions of everyday people.

Ahmed soon wound up shining shoes alongside other poor, going-nowhere boys in the capital.

Surely, a shining example of public money well spent.

Or if shining a light in the visual cortex prevented us from recognizing the face of a loved one.

Light pollution also drowns out the sea of stars shining through our atmosphere.

You'll also have to contend with a glowing blue light shining out from a ring around the base of the speakers.

The sun was shining in the valley in front, and a dark storm was approaching from behind.

But the parodic nature of the project doesn't preclude the fans' creativity from shining through.

The spins inside the diamond can be both changed and measured by shining laser light into the diamond.

The bright clouds are made of ionized gas that reflects light from the shining stars nearby.

Shining ultraviolet light on electrodes makes them spark more vigorously.

Even then, there's no guarantee that your intended space squeeze will take a shining to you.

Out of his enthusiasm for all the living comes a quality of shining beauty.

Main Entry:	shining
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	glowing
Synonyms:	agleam, beaming, bright, brilliant, conspicuous, coruscating, effulgent, glazed, glistening, glossy, incandescent, iridescent, irradiant, lambent, lucent, luminous, lustrous, nitid, noticeable, opalescent, phosphorescent, radiant, refulgent, relucent, resplendent, rutilant, scintillating, shiny, sleek, sparkling, splendent, splendorous
Antonyms:	dark, gloomy

Main Entry:	beam
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	broadcast on air waves
Synonyms:	emit, give off, give out, glare, glimmer, glow, radiate, send, shed, shine, throw off, transmit
Notes:	ray is distinguished from beam in that it describes a smaller quantity of light (beam being a collection of parallel rays)

Main Entry:	beam
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	smile broadly
Synonyms:	gleam, glow, grin, laugh, radiate, shine, smirk
Antonyms:	frown, scowl

Main Entry:	beaming
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	very happy
Synonyms:	animated, cheerful, genial, grinning, joyful, radiant, shining, smiling, sparkling, sunny
Antonyms:	frowning, sad, sullen, unhappy

Main Entry:	blaze
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	burn brightly
Synonyms:	beam, burst out, coruscate, explode, fire, flame, flare, flash, flicker, fulgurate, glare, gleam, glow, illuminate, illumine, incandesce, jet, light, radiate, scintillate, shimmer, shine, sparkle

Main Entry:	buff
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	polish to a shine
Synonyms:	brush, burnish, furbish, glaze, gloss, pumice, rub, sandpaper, scour, shine, smooth

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