Definitions for shone

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shone shone

Spelling: [shohn; especially British shon]

IPA: /ʃoʊn; especially British ʃɒn/

Shone is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in shone (ehnos).

Definitions for shone

noun

1. radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
2. luster; polish.
3. sunshine; fair weather.
4. a polish or gloss given to shoes.
5. an act or instance of polishing shoes.
6. Informal. a foolish prank; caper.
7. Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of shine1 .

Idioms

1. come rain or shine, regardless of the weather. no matter what the circumstances may be: Also, rain or shine.
2. take a shine to, Informal. to take a liking or fancy to:

Verb phrases

1. shine up to, Informal. to attempt to impress (a person), especially in order to gain benefits for oneself. to become especially attentive to (one of the opposite sex):

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to shine.
2. to direct the light of (a lamp, mirror, etc.):
3. to put a gloss or polish on; polish (as shoes, silverware, etc.).

verb (used without object)

1. to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
2. to be bright with reflected light; glisten; sparkle.
3. (of light) to appear brightly or strongly, especially uncomfortably so:
4. to be or appear unusually animated or bright, as the eyes or face.
5. to appear with brightness or clearness, as feelings.
6. to excel or be conspicuous:

Origin of shone

before 900; Middle English s(c)hinen (v.), Old English scīnan; cognate with Dutch schijnen, German scheinen, Old Norse skīna, Gothic skeinan

Examples for shone

The roads were frozen hard, and shone like silver in the ruts.

Shawn shone in ivory-colored silk, and she spoke her vows bravely to Justice of the Peace Bill Bailey, who presided.

For that one moment the despair that was in him shone in his eyes.

There was no mistaking what shone undimmed in her unseeing eyes and all the rest of her.

Perry informed the listening public that they shone “even brighter than the moon, moon, moon.”

Shepherds abiding in the field” saw colorful Christmas lights that “shone round about them.

Last of all, Venus shone upon him, beautiful as none can ever hope to be.

In the latter's eyes, for the first time, shone a real and ungrudging admiration.

It was the same—the same face that shone across me in that hour of pain!

But how could you a call a signature talent that shone for more than four decades in show business tiresome?