shine
Because it is a word with a single syllable, shine is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofshine
- Brightness from a source of light.
- Brightness from reflected light.
- Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.
- Shoeshine.
- Sunshine.
- Moonshine; illicitly brewed alcoholic drink.
- The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
- A liking for a person; a fancy.
Example: "She's certainly taken a shine to you."
- A caper; an antic; a row.
- To emit light.
- To reflect light.
- To distinguish oneself; to excel.
Example: "My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shone at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team."
- To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
- To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
- To be immediately apparent.
- To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
Example: "I shone my light into the darkness to see what was making the noise."
- To cause to shine, as a light.
- To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.
Example: "in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them"
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