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To emit or reflect light so as to glow.

To reflect light.

To distinguish oneself; to excel.

To be effulgent in splendor 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).

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

Brightness from a source of light.

Brightness from reflected light.

Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.

Shoeshine.

Sunshine.

(slang) Moonshine; illicitly brewed alcoholic drink.

(cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.

(slang) A liking for a person; a fancy.

(archaic, slang) A caper; an antic; a row.

To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).

(cricket) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.