The Wordsmith Dictionary

Shine, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shone ( (archaic Shined (); p. pr. & vb. n. Shining. ] Etym: [OE. shinen, schinen, AS. scinan; akin to D. schijnen, OFries. skina, OS. & OHG. scinan, G. scheinen, Icel.skina, Sw. skina, Dan. skinne, Goth. skeinan, and perh. to Gr. Sheer pure, and Shimmer. ]

1. To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night. Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine. Shak. God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Cghrist. 2 Cor. iv. 6. Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster. Denham.

2. To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.

3. To be effulgent in splendor or beauty. "So proud she shined in her princely state. " Spenser. Once brightest shined this child of heat and air. Pope.

4. To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation. Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable. Swift. To make, or cause, the face to shine upon, to be propitious to; to be gracious to. Num. vi. 25.

SHINE

SHINE Shine, v. t.

1. To cause to shine, as a light. [Obs. ] He [God ] doth not rain wealth, nor shine honor and virtues, upon men equally. Bacon.

2. To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them. [U. S.] Bartlett.

SHINE

SHINE Shine, n.

1. The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen. Now sits not girt with taper's holy shine. Milton. Fair opening to some court's propitious shine. Pope. The distant shine of the celestial city. Hawthorne.

2. Sunshine; fair weather. Be it fair or foul, or rain or shine. Dryden.

3. A liking for a person; a fancy. [Slang, U.S.]

4. Caper; antic; row. [Slang ] To cut up shines, to play pranks. [Slang, U.S.]

SHINE

Shine, a. Etym: [AS. scin. See Shine, v. i.]

Defn: Shining; sheen. [Obs. ] Spenser.

SHINER

SHINER Shin "er, n.

Defn: That which shines. Specifically: (a ) A luminary. (b ) A bright piece of money. [Slang ] Has she the shiners, d' ye think Foote.black eye. (c ) (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis, or Minnilus, and allied genera; as the redfin (Notropis megalops ), and the golden shiner (Notemigonus chrysoleucus ) of the Eastern United States; also loosely applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, or horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada. (d ) (Zoöl.)

Defn: The common Lepisma, or furniture bug. Blunt-nosed shiner (Zoöl.), the silver moonfish.

SHINESS

SHINESS Shi "ness, n.

Defn: See Shyness.

SHINGLE

Shin "gle, n. Etym: [Prob. from Norw. singl, singling, coarse gravel, small round stones.] (Geol.)

Defn: Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere.

SHINGLE

Shin "gle, n. Etym: [OE. shingle, shindle, fr. L. scindula, scandula;cf. scindere to cleave, to split, E. shed, v.t., Gr.

1. A piece of wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one end thinner than the other, -- used in covering buildings, especially roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping the thin ends of the row below. I reached St. Asaph,... where there is a very poor cathedral church covered with shingles or tiles. Ray.

2. A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle. [Jocose, U. S.] Shingle oak (Bot. ), a kind of oak (Quercus imbricaria ) used in the Western States for making shingles.

SHINGLE

Shin "gle, v. t. [imp. &. p. p. Shingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shingling. ]

1. To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof. They shingle their houses with it. Evelyn.

2. To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a roof.

SHINGLE

SHINGLE Shin "gle, v. t.

Defn: To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace.

SHINGLER

SHINGLER Shin "gler, n.

1. One who shingles.

2. A machine for shingling puddled iron.

SHINGLES

Shin "gles, n. Etym: [OF. cengle a girth, F. sangle, fr. L. cingulum a girdle, fr. cingere to gird. Cf. Cincture, Cingle, Surcingle. ] (Med. )

Defn: A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster ) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.

SHINGLING

SHINGLING Shin "gling, n.

1. The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.

2. (Metal )

Defn: The process of expelling scoriæ and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron. Shingling hammer, a ponderous hammer moved by machinery, used in shingling puddled iron. -- Shingling mill, a mill or forge where puddled iron is shingled.

SHINGLY

SHINGLY Shin "gly, a.

Defn: Abounding with shingle, or gravel.

SHINHOPPLE

SHINHOPPLE Shin "hop `ple, n.

Defn: The hobblebush.

SHINING

SHINING Shin "ing, a.

1. Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps; also, bright by the reflection of light; as, shining armor. "Fish. .. with their fins and shining scales. " Milton.

2. Splendid; illustrious; brilliant; distinguished; conspicious; as, a shining example of charity.

3. Having the surface smooth and polished; -- said of leaves, the surfaces of shells, etc.

Syn. -- Glistening; bright; radiant; resplendent; effulgent; lustrous; brilliant; glittering; splendid; illustrious. -- Shining, Brilliant, Sparking. Shining describes the steady emission of a strong light, or the steady reflection of light from a clear or polished surface. Brilliant denotes a shining of great brightness, but with gleams or flashes. Sparkling implies a fitful, intense shining from radiant points or sparks, by which the eye is dazzled. The same distinctions obtain when these epithets are figuratively applied. A man of shining talents is made conspicious by possessing them; if they flash upon the mind with a peculiarly striking effect, we call them brilliant; if his brilliancy is marked by great vivacity and occasional intensity, he is sparkling. True paradise. .. inclosed with shining rock. Milton. Some in a brilliant buckle bind her waist, Some round her neck a circling light display. Gay. His sparkling blade about his head he blest. Spenser.

SHINING

SHINING Shin "ing, n.

Defn: Emission or reflection of light.

SHININGNESS

SHININGNESS Shin "ing *ness, n.

Defn: Brightness. J. Spence.

SHINNEY

Shin "ney, n. Etym: [CF. Shindy. ]

Defn: The game of hockey; -- so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin. Halliwell.

SHINPLASTER

SHINPLASTER Shin "plas `ter, n.

Defn: Formerly, a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated in value; also, for paper money of a denomination less than a dollar. [U. S.]

SHIN SHU

SHIN SHU Shin Shu. [Jap. , lit. , true sect. ]

Defn: The leading and most progressive Buddhist sect of Japan, resting its faith rather upon Amida than Gautama Buddha. Rites and ceremonies are held useless without uprightness.

SHINTIYAN; SHINTYAN

SHINTIYAN; SHINTYAN Shin "ti *yan (shin "ti *yan ), Shin "ty *an (shin "ti *an ), n. [Ar. shintian.]

Defn: A kind of wide loose drawers or trousers worn by women in Mohammedan countries.

SHINTO; SHINTIISM

Shin "to, Shin "ti *ism, n. Etym: [Chin. shin god + tao way, doctrine. ]

Defn: One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes. [Written also Sintu, and Sintuism.]

SHINTOIST

SHINTOIST Shin "to *ist, n.

Defn: An adherent of Shintoism.

SHINTY

Shin "ty, n. Etym: [Cf. Gael. sinteag a skip, a bound. ]

Defn: A Scotch game resembling hockey; also, the club used in the game. Jamieson.

SHINY

Shin "y, a. [Compar. Shinier; superl. Shiniest.]

Defn: Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded. Like distant thunder on a shiny day. Dryden.

New American Oxford Dictionary

shin

shin |SHin ʃɪn | ▶noun the front of the leg below the knee. • a cut of beef from the lower part of a cow's leg. ▶verb ( shins, shinning, shinned ) [ no obj. ] (shin up /down ) climb quickly up or down by gripping with one's arms and legs: he shinned up a tree. ORIGIN Old English scinu, probably from a Germanic base meaning ‘narrow or thin piece ’; related to German Schiene ‘thin plate ’ and Dutch scheen. The verb was originally in nautical use (early 19th cent ).

Shin Bet

Shin Bet |ˌSHin ˌbet ʃɪn bɛt |(also Shin Beth ) the principal security service of Israel, concerned primarily with counter-espionage. ORIGIN modern Hebrew, the initial letters of the first two words of šērūṯ biṭṭāhōn kĕlālī ‘(general ) security service. ’

shinbone

shin bone |ˈSHinˌbōn ˈʃɪnˌboʊn | ▶noun the tibia.

shindig

shin dig |ˈSHinˌdig ˈʃɪnˌdɪɡ | ▶noun informal a large, lively party, esp. one celebrating something. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: probably from the nouns shin and dig, influenced later by shindy .

shindy

shin dy |ˈSHindē ˈʃɪndi | ▶noun ( pl. shindies ) informal a noisy disturbance or quarrel: there were plenty of gulls kicking up a shindy . • a large, lively party. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: perhaps an alteration of shinty .

shine

shine |SHīn ʃaɪn | ▶verb ( past and past participle shone |SHōn | or shined ) [ no obj. ] 1 (of the sun or another source of light ) give out a bright light: the sun shone through the window. • glow or be bright with reflected light: I could see his eyes shining in the light of the fire. • [ with obj. ] direct (a flashlight or other light ) somewhere in order to see something in the dark: an usher shines his flashlight into the boys' faces. • (of a person's eyes ) be bright with the expression of a particular emotion: his eyes shone with excitement. 2 be very talented or perform very well: she shines at comedy. 3 ( past shined ) [ with obj. ] make (an object made of leather, metal, or wood ) bright by rubbing it; polish: his shoes were shined to perfection. ▶noun [ in sing. ] a quality of brightness, esp. from reflected light: use shoe polish to try and get a shine | my hair has lost its shine. • an act of rubbing something to give it a shiny surface: Tom's shoes got a quick shine from a boy with a buffing cloth. • offensive a contemptuous term for a black or dark-skinned person. PHRASES take the shine off spoil the brilliance or excitement of: the absence of new jobs has taken some of the shine off his stellar popularity ratings. take a shine to informal develop a liking for. PHRASAL VERBS shine through (of a good quality or skill ) be clearly evident: at Regis his talent shone through. ORIGIN Old English scīnan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schijnen and German scheinen .

shiner

shin er |ˈSHīnər ˈʃaɪnər | ▶noun 1 a thing that shines or reflects light: moonlight blanked the weakest shiners, but the more powerful stars were gleaming. • [ in combination ] a person or thing that polishes something: shoeshiners. 2 informal a black eye. 3 a small silvery North American freshwater fish of the minnow family that typically has colorful markings. [Notropis and other genera, family Cyprinidae: several species. ]

shingle

shin gle 1 |ˈSHiNGgəl ˈʃɪŋɡəl | ▶noun a mass of small rounded pebbles, esp. on a seashore. DERIVATIVES shin gly |-g (ə )lē |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: of unknown origin.

shingle

shin gle 2 |ˈʃɪŋɡəl ˈSHiNGgəl | ▶noun 1 a rectangular tile of asphalt composite, wood, metal, or slate used on walls or roofs. 2 dated a woman's short haircut in which the hair tapers from the back of the head to the nape of the neck. [so named because of the layering. ] 3 a small signboard, esp. one found outside a doctor's or lawyer's office. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 roof or clad with shingles: (as adj. shingled ) : a tower surmounted by a shingled spire. 2 dated cut (a woman's hair ) in a shingle. PHRASES hang out one's shingle begin to practice a profession. ORIGIN Middle English (as a noun ): apparently from Latin scindula, earlier scandula ‘a split piece of wood. ’

shingleback

shin gle back |ˈSHiNGgəlˌbak ˈʃɪŋɡəlˌbæk |(also shingleback lizard ) ▶noun a slow-moving, heavily built lizard with scales resembling those of pine cones, occurring in arid regions of Australia. [Trachydosaurus rugosus, family Scincidae. ]

shingles

shin gles |ˈSHiNGgəlz ˈʃɪŋɡəlz | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] Medicine an acute, painful inflammation of the nerve ganglia, with a skin eruption often forming a girdle around the middle of the body. It is caused by the same virus as chickenpox. Also called herpes zoster. ORIGIN late Middle English: representing medieval Latin cingulus, variant of Latin cingulum ‘girdle, ’ from cingere ‘gird. ’

shin guard

shin guard |ʃɪn ɡɑrd | ▶noun a pad worn to protect the shins when playing soccer, hockey, and other sports.

shining

shin ing |ˈSHīniNG ˈʃaɪnɪŋ | ▶adjective 1 giving out or reflecting bright light: a shining expanse of water. 2 brilliant or excellent at something: he has set a shining example with his model behavior. DERIVATIVES shin ing ly |-niNGlē |adverb

Shining Path

Shin ing Path a Peruvian Maoist revolutionary movement and terrorist organization, founded in 1970 and led by Abimael Guzmán (1934 –) until his capture and imprisonment in 1992. At first the movement operated in rural areas, but in the 1980s it began to launch terrorist attacks in Peruvian towns and cities. ORIGIN translating Spanish Sendero Luminoso .

Shinkansen

Shin kan sen |ˈSHinkänˌsen ˈʃɪnkɑnˌsɛn | ▶noun ( pl. same ) (in Japan ) a railroad system carrying high-speed passenger trains. • (also shinkansen ) a train operating on such a system. ORIGIN Japanese, from shin ‘new ’ + kansen ‘main line. ’

Shinner

Shin |ner |ʃɪnə | ▶noun Irish informal, chiefly derogatory a member or supporter of Sinn Fein.

shinny

shin ny 1 |ˈSHinē ˈʃɪni | ▶verb ( shinnies, shinnying, shinnied ) another term for shin: he loved to shinny up that tree. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from the noun shin + -y 2 .

shinny

shin ny 2 |ˈʃɪni ˈSHinē |(also shinny hockey ) ▶noun an informal form of ice hockey played esp. by children, on the street or on ice: we used to play shinny on the canal with tin cans. ORIGIN variant of shinty .

Shinola

Shi no la |SHīˈnōlə ʃaɪˈnoʊlə | ▶noun trademark a brand of boot polish. • informal used as a euphemism for “shit ”: there'll be the same old Shinola on television. PHRASES not know shit from Shinola vulgar slang used to indicate that someone is ignorant or innocent. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from shine + -ola .

shin pad

shin pad ▶noun another term for shin guard.

shinplaster

shin plas ter |ˈSHinˌplastər ˈʃɪnˌplæstər | ▶noun informal historical 1 a piece of paper currency or a promissory note regarded as having little or no value. 2 Canadian a twenty-five cent bill. ORIGIN so named because of the resemblance to a square piece of paper soaked in vinegar and used to bandage the shin.

shin splints

shin splints |ʃɪn splɪnts | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. or pl. ] acute pain in the shin and lower leg caused by prolonged running, typically on hard surfaces.

Shinto

Shin to |ˈSHinˌtō ˈʃɪnˌtoʊ | ▶noun a Japanese religion dating from the early 8th century and incorporating the worship of ancestors and nature spirits and a belief in sacred power (kami ) in both animate and inanimate things. It was the state religion of Japan until 1945. See also Amaterasu. DERIVATIVES Shin to ism |-izəm |noun, Shin to ist |-ist |noun ORIGIN Japanese, from Chinese shen dao ‘way of the gods. ’

shinty

shin ty |ˈSHin (t )ē ˈʃɪn (t )i | ▶noun ( pl. shinties ) a Scottish game resembling field hockey, played by two teams of twelve with curved sticks and a leather-covered cork ball. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (earlier as shinny ): apparently from the cry shin ye, shin you, shin t' ye, used in the game, of unknown origin.

shiny

Oxford Dictionary

shin

shin |ʃɪn | ▶noun the front of the leg below the knee. • a cut of beef from the lower part of a cow's leg. ▶verb ( shins, shinning, shinned ) [ no obj. ] (shin up /down ) climb quickly up or down by gripping with one's arms and legs: he shinned up a tree. ORIGIN Old English scinu, probably from a Germanic base meaning ‘narrow or thin piece ’; related to German Schiene ‘thin plate ’ and Dutch scheen. The verb was originally in nautical use (early 19th cent. ).

Shin Bet

Shin Bet |ʃɪn ˈbɛt |(also Shin Beth ) the principal security service of Israel, concerned primarily with counter-espionage. ORIGIN modern Hebrew, the initial letters of the first two words of šērūṯ biṭṭāhōn kĕlālī ‘(general ) security service ’.

shin bone

shin bone ▶noun the tibia.

shindig

shin |dig |ˈʃɪndɪg | ▶noun informal a large, lively party, especially one celebrating something. • a noisy disturbance or quarrel. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: probably from the nouns shin and dig, influenced later by shindy .

shindy

shindy |ˈʃɪndi | ▶noun ( pl. shindies ) informal a noisy disturbance or quarrel: there were plenty of gulls kicking up a shindy . • a large, lively party. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: perhaps an alteration of shinty .

shine

shine |ʃʌɪn | ▶verb ( past and past participle shone |ʃɒn | or shined ) [ no obj. ] 1 (of the sun or another source of light ) give out a bright light: the sun shone through the window. • glow or be bright with reflected light: she brushed her hair until it shone. • (of a person's eyes ) be bright with emotion: his eyes shone with excitement. • [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] direct (a torch or other light ) somewhere in order to see something in the dark: he shone the torch around the room before entering. 2 be very talented or perform very well: a boy who shone at nothing. 3 ( past and past participle shined ) [ with obj. ] make (an object made of leather, metal, or wood ) bright by rubbing it; polish: his shoes were shined to perfection. ▶noun [ in sing. ] a quality of brightness produced when light is reflected on something: my hair has lost its shine. • an act of rubbing something to give it a shiny surface: Archie's shoes got a quick shine from a boy with a cloth. PHRASES take the shine off spoil the brilliance or excitement of: these concerns are taking the shine off Britain's economic recovery. take a shine to informal develop a liking for. PHRASAL VERBS shine through (of a good quality or skill ) be clearly evident: at Murrayfield his talent shone through. ORIGIN Old English scīnan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schijnen and German scheinen .

shiner

shiner |ˈʃʌɪnə | ▶noun 1 a thing that shines or reflects light. • [ in combination ] a person or thing that polishes something: shoeshiners. 2 informal a black eye. 3 a small silvery North American freshwater fish which typically has colourful markings. ●Notropis and other genera, family Cyprinidae: several species.

shingle

shingle 1 |ˈʃɪŋg (ə )l | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a mass of small rounded pebbles, especially on a seashore. DERIVATIVES shingly adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: of unknown origin.

shingle

shingle 2 |ˈʃɪŋg (ə )l | ▶noun 1 a rectangular wooden tile used on walls or roofs. 2 dated a woman's short haircut in which the hair tapers from the back of the head to the nape of the neck. [so named because of the layering. ] 3 N. Amer. a small signboard, especially one found outside a doctor's or lawyer's office. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 roof or clad with shingles: (as adj. shingled ) : a tower surmounted by a shingled spire. 2 dated cut (a woman's hair ) in a shingle. PHRASES hang out one's shingle N. Amer. begin to practise a profession. ORIGIN Middle English (as a noun ): apparently from Latin scindula, earlier scandula ‘a split piece of wood ’.

shingleback

shingles

shin ¦gles |ˈʃɪŋg (ə )lz | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] Medicine a painful acute inflammation of the nerve ganglia, with a skin eruption often forming a girdle around the middle of the body. It is caused by the same virus as chickenpox. Also called herpes zoster. ORIGIN late Middle English: representing medieval Latin cingulus, variant of Latin cingulum ‘girdle ’, from cingere ‘gird ’.

shin guard

shin guard ▶noun another term for shin pad.

shining

shin ¦ing |ˈʃʌɪnɪŋ | ▶adjective 1 giving out or reflecting bright light: a shining expanse of water. 2 brilliant or excellent at something: he has set a shining example with his model behaviour. DERIVATIVES shiningly adverb

Shining Path

Shining Path a Peruvian Maoist revolutionary movement and terrorist organization, founded in 1970 and led by Abimael Guzmán (b.1934 ) until his capture and imprisonment in 1992. ORIGIN translating Spanish Sendero Luminoso .

Shinkansen

Shinkansen |ˈʃiːnkɑːnˌsɛn | ▶noun ( pl. same ) (in Japan ) a railway system carrying high-speed passenger trains. • a train operating on the Shinkansen railway system. ORIGIN Japanese, from shin ‘new ’ + kansen ‘main line ’.

Shinner

Shin |ner |ʃɪnə | ▶noun Irish informal, chiefly derogatory a member or supporter of Sinn Fein.

shinny

shinny 1 |ˈʃɪni | ▶verb ( shinnies, shinnying, shinnied ) North American term for shin: he loved to shinny up that tree. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from the noun shin + -y 2 .

shinny

shinny 2 |ˈʃɪni |(also shinny hockey ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] N. Amer. an informal form of ice hockey played especially by children, on the street or on ice, often with a ball or other object in place of a puck. ORIGIN variant of shinty .

Shinola

Shinola |ʃʌɪˈnəʊlə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] US trademark a brand of boot polish. • informal used as a euphemism for ‘shit ’: there'll be the same old Shinola on television. PHRASES neither shit nor Shinola vulgar slang neither one thing nor the other. not know shit from Shinola vulgar slang used to indicate that someone is ignorant or innocent. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from shine + -ola (suffix chiefly in US usage ).

shin pad

shin pad ▶noun a pad worn to protect the shins when playing soccer, hockey, and other sports.

shinplaster

shin |plas ¦ter |ˈʃɪnplɑːstə | ▶noun historical, informal 1 US & Austral. /NZ a banknote or promissory note regarded as having little or no value. 2 Canadian a twenty-five cent bill. ORIGIN so named because of the resemblance to a square piece of paper soaked in vinegar and used to bandage the shin.

shin splints

shin splints ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. or pl. ] acute pain in the shin and lower leg caused by prolonged running, typically on hard surfaces.

Shinto

Shinto |ˈʃɪntəʊ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a Japanese religion dating from the early 8th century and incorporating the worship of ancestors and nature spirits and a belief in sacred power (kami ) in both animate and inanimate things. It was the state religion of Japan until 1945. See also Amaterasu. DERIVATIVES Shintoism noun, Shintoist noun ORIGIN Japanese, from Chinese shen dao ‘way of the gods ’.

shinty

shinty |ˈʃɪnti | ▶noun ( pl. shinties ) [ mass noun ] a Scottish twelve-a-side game resembling hockey, played with curved sticks and taller goalposts and derived from the Irish game of hurling. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (earlier as shinny ): apparently from the cry shin ye, shin you, shin t' ye, used in the game, of unknown origin; compare with shinny 2 .

shiny

shiny |ˈʃʌɪni | ▶adjective ( shinier, shiniest ) (of a smooth surface ) reflecting light, typically because very clean or polished: shiny hair | shiny black shoes. DERIVATIVES shinily adverb, shininess noun

American Oxford Thesaurus

shindig

shindig noun the annual Harvest Moon shindig: social event, party, social occasion, affair, function, gathering, reception, soiree, jamboree, gala, meet-and-greet, levee; informal do, bash.

shine

shine verb 1 the sun shone: emit light, beam, radiate, gleam, glow, glint, glimmer, sparkle, twinkle, glitter, glisten, shimmer, flash, flare, glare, fluoresce; literary glister, coruscate. 2 she shone his shoes: polish, burnish, buff, wax, gloss. 3 they shone at gymnastics: excel, be outstanding, be brilliant, be successful, stand out. ▶noun 1 the shine of the moon on her face: light, brightness, gleam, glow, glint, glimmer, sparkle, twinkle, glitter, glisten, shimmer, beam, glare, radiance, illumination, luminescence, luminosity, incandescence. 2 linseed oil restores the shine: polish, burnish, gleam, gloss, luster, sheen, patina.

shining

shining adjective 1 a shining expanse of water: gleaming, bright, brilliant, illuminated, lustrous, glowing, glinting, sparkling, twinkling, glittering, glistening, shimmering, dazzling, luminous, luminescent, incandescent; literary glistering, coruscating. 2 a shining face: glowing, beaming, radiant, happy. 3 shining chromium tubes: shiny, bright, polished, gleaming, glossy, sheeny, lustrous. PHRASES a shining example a shining example of Yankee ingenuity: paragon, model, epitome, archetype, ideal, exemplar, nonpareil, paradigm, quintessence, beau ideal, acme, jewel, flower, treasure. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See bright . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

shinny

shinny verb 1 she could shinny up that oak tree faster than any of the boys in our school: climb (up ), clamber up, scramble up, go up; mount, ascend, scale. 2 you'd better shinny down that pole before Mama sees you: climb down, scramble down, come down (from ); dismount, descend.

shiny

shiny adjective a shiny red apple: glossy, glassy, bright, polished, gleaming, satiny, sheeny, lustrous. ANTONYMS matte. WORD NOTE shiny Shiny is too marvelous a word to be restricted only to things that are reflective. I use it (overuse it, really ) for anything bright, sparkling, polished, smooth —in the figurative meanings of these words, giving shiny a figurative meaning, too, by association. — EM Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

Oxford Thesaurus

shin

shin verb he shinned up a tree | she shinned down the rope: climb (up /down ), clamber up /down, scramble up /down, scrabble up /down, swarm up /down, shoot up /down, go up /down; mount, ascend, scale, claw one's way up; descend, slide down, drop down; N. Amer. shinny.

shine

shine verb 1 the sun shone through the window: emit light, give off light, beam, radiate, gleam, glow, glint, glimmer, sparkle, twinkle, flicker, glitter, glisten, shimmer, flash, dazzle, flare, glare, fluoresce; literary glister; rare coruscate, fulgurate, effulge, luminesce, incandesce, phosphoresce. 2 she would even shine his shoes for him: polish, burnish, buff, wax, gloss, brighten, brush, smooth, rub up. 3 they shone at university: excel, be outstanding, be brilliant, be excellent, be very good, be successful, be expert, stand out, be pre-eminent. ▶noun 1 he flinched at the sight of the ravaged face now caught in the shine of the moon: light, brightness, gleam, glow, glint, glimmer, sparkle, twinkle, flicker, glitter, glisten, shimmer, flash, dazzle, beam, flare, glare, radiance, illumination, luminescence, luminosity, incandescence, phosphorescence, fluorescence; rare refulgence, lambency, effulgence, fulguration. 2 linseed oil helps restore the shine to a dull surface: polish, burnish, gleam, gloss, lustre, sheen, patina.

shining

shining adjective 1 a shining expanse of water: gleaming, bright, illuminated, lit, lighted, ablaze, brilliant, lustrous, glowing, glinting, sparkling, twinkling, flickering, glittering, glistening, shimmering, flashing, dazzling, glaring, luminous, luminescent, incandescent, phosphorescent, fluorescent; literary glistering, irradiant, lucent, lucid, lambent; rare effulgent, refulgent, coruscating, fulgurating. ANTONYMS dark. 2 she had an eager, shining face: glowing, beaming, radiant, blooming, healthy, happy. ANTONYMS gloomy. 3 a new folding chair made of shining chromium tubes: shiny, bright, polished, burnished, gleaming, glossy, glassy, satiny, sheeny, lustrous, smooth; rare nitid. ANTONYMS matt. PHRASES a shining example a shining example of British enterprise: paragon, model, epitome, archetype, ideal, exemplar, nonpareil, paradigm, embodiment, personification, quintessence, standard, prototype, apotheosis, the crème de la crème, the beau idéal, acme, jewel, gem, flower, angel, treasure, an outstanding example, a perfect example of its kind; informal one in a million, the bee's knees, something else, the tops; archaic a nonesuch. ANTONYMS poor example.

shiny

shiny adjective a shiny red mackintosh: glossy, glassy, bright, polished, burnished, gleaming, satiny, sheeny, lustrous, smooth; rare nitid. ANTONYMS matt.

Duden Dictionary

Shinkansen

Shin kan sen Substantiv, feminin , die |Shink a nsen ʃ …|der Shinkansen; Genitiv: des Shinkansen, Plural: die Shinkansen japanisch, eigentlich = neue Hauptverbindung japanischer Hochgeschwindigkeitszug

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

shin

shin /ʃɪn /名詞 1 C 向こうずね (→body ); 脛骨（けいこつ）.2 U ｟英｠牛のすね肉 .動詞～s ; ～ned ; ～ning 他動詞 1 〈木棒など〉にすばやくよじ登る (up ), …からするすると降りる (down ).2 …の向こうずねをける [打つ ].～́ gu à rd 〘スポーツ〙すね当て, レガース .

shinbone

sh í n b ò ne 名詞 C 〘解剖〙脛骨（けいこつ）, すねの骨 (tibia ).

shindig

shin dig /ʃɪ́ndɪ̀ɡ /名詞 C ｟くだけてやや古｠1 盛大な [賑やかな ]パーティ [宴会 ].2 騒ぎ, いざこざ .

shine

shine /ʃaɪn /〖名詞の用法は16世紀から〗(形 )shiny 動詞～s /-z /; shone /ʃoʊn |ʃɔn /, 他動詞 2 では～d /-d /; shining →分詞 shining 自動詞 1 a. 〈太陽ライトなどが〉光る , 輝く , 照る , きらめく (out )▸ The sun shone weakly through the clouds .雲を通して薄日（うすび）がさしていた b. 〈物が〉反射して光る [輝く ]▸ The diamond shone on her finger .彼女の指にダイヤモンドが輝いていた .2 〈眼顔が〉【興奮喜びで】生き生きと輝く «with » ; 〈喜びなどが〉【顔に】輝く «in » ▸ Their eyes were shining with anticipation. ≒Anticipation was shining in their eyes .彼らの目は期待にきらめいていた .3 〈人などが〉 «…に /…として » ひいでる , 目立つ , きわだつ «in , at /as » (!進行形にしない ) ▸ That writer shines in short stories .あの作家は短編にすぐれている .4 〈性質感情などが〉 (顔に )はっきり現れる (out , through ); 【表情などから】明白である «through » ▸ Her intelligence shines through her eyes .彼女の知性は目を見れば明らかだ .他動詞 1 〖shine A (＋副詞 )〗A 〈明かり光など〉を照らす , 当てる , 向ける (!副詞は方向対象の表現 ) ▸ I shone the torch towards the sound .私は音のする方に向けてたいまつを掲げた ▸ Protesters are shining a spotlight on injustices of the government .｟比喩的に｠抗議の声を上げる人たちは, 政府の不正を大々的に喧伝（けんでん）している (!＜不正にスポットライトを当てる ) 2 〈靴銀器など〉を磨く , ぴかぴか光らせる (!過去形過去分詞はshined ) ▸ shine one's shoes 靴を磨く .類義 shine と polish, burnish など shine は物の表面をつやが出るほど滑らかにする意味で用いる. polish は木, 皮革, 金属, ガラスなどの家具, 食器, 装身具その他に広く用いる .「光らせる」ことに焦点を置いて, 金属を磨くなら burnish , 靴を磨くなら shine を用いる .「こする」ことに焦点を置いて, 床やガラスなどを磨くなら rub , ごしごし磨いて汚れを落とすなら scrub 1 , 道具がブラシなら brush 1 (歯を磨くなど ). ワックスを塗って磨くなら wax 1 , (ガラスを研磨して )レンズを磨くなら grind を用いる .sh ì ne ú p to A ｟米俗｠A 〈人〉に好かれようとする ; A 〈女〉に近づこうとする .名詞複～s /-z /1 U 〖時にa ～〗光 , 輝き ; (絹などの )光沢 , つや ▸ Rinsing your hair with vinegar will give it shine .酢で髪をリンスするとつやが出る .2 U 〖時にa ～〗(靴などの )ひと磨き , 磨くこと .3 ｟くだけて｠〖～s 〗いたずら , ふざけ騒ぎ .t à ke a sh í ne to A ｟米くだけて｠(一目で )A 〈人物〉が好きになる ▸ We took a shine to her from the beginning .私たちは最初から彼女にほれ込んでいた .t à ke the sh í ne off [out of ] A ｟くだけて｠Aを見劣りさせる ; Aの輝きを奪う .

shiner

shin er /ʃáɪnə r /名詞 C 1 ｟くだけて｠(目の周りの )黒あざ .2 光るもの [人 ]; 光らせるもの [人 ]; 目立つ人 .3 〘魚〙シャイナー〘銀色の淡水小魚; 釣餌（つりえ）用など〙.

shingle

shin gle 1 /ʃɪ́ŋɡ (ə )l /名詞 1 C U 〖通例～s 〗屋根板, こけら板, 外壁を覆う小片の薄板 .2 C ｟米くだけて｠(医院弁護士事務所の )小看板 ▸ hang out one's shingle 〈主に医師弁護士が〉開業する .3 C ｟やや古｠(女性の )刈り上げ, シングルカット .動詞他動詞 1 …を屋根板でふく .2 〈女性の髪〉を刈り上げる .

shingle

shin gle 2 名詞 U 〖集合的に〗(浜辺河原の )小石, 砂利 ; 小石の浜辺 [河原 ].sh í n gly /-i /形容詞小石状の ; 小石の多い .

shingles

shin gles /ʃɪ́ŋɡ (ə )lz /名詞〘医〙〖単数扱い〗帯状疱疹（ほうしん）.

shining

shin ing /ʃáɪnɪŋ /形容詞 1 〖名詞の前で〗際立って優れた, 輝かしい, 卓越した ▸ a shining example 立派なお手本 .2 輝く, 光る ; 晴れ晴れした .

shinny

shin ny /ʃɪ́ni /動詞 -nies ; -nied ; ～ing 自動詞よじ登る .

Shinto

Shin to /ʃɪ́ntoʊ /〖＜日本〗名詞 U (日本の )神道（しんとう）.～ì sm 名詞

shiny

shin y /ʃáɪni /〖shine (光 )y (の性質の )〗形容詞 -ier ; -iest 1 光る , 輝く ; 明るい ; 磨いた , ぴかぴかの ▸ shiny hair つやつやの髪 2 〈衣服が〉 (着古して )てかてか光って .sh ì ny and br í ght ＝all right (→rhyming slang ).sh í n i ly 副詞 sh í n i ness 名詞