shine

Definition

  • verb: to give off light
  • verb: to emit rays of light
  • usually used in plural
  • synonyms: gleam, brightness, polish

Examples

  • I'll always love you, 'come rain or come shine'. [=I will love you no matter what happens]

  • She really 'took a shine to' [='took a liking to'] her new neighbor.

  • Once she relaxed, her talent really began to 'shine through'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) To celebrate her birth, the King and Queen launched a flying lantern into the sky. And for that one moment, everything was perfect. Mother Gothel: *Flower, gleam and glow, let your powers shine* *Make the clock re...* HUH! (Baby cries) Flynn: Gothel broke into the castle, (..)
    2010 Tangled
  • (..) young for hundreds of years. And all she had to do, was sing a special song. Mother Gothel: *Flower gleam and glow, let your power shine* *Make the clock reverse, bring back what once was mine* Flynn: All right, you get the jist. She sings to it, she turns young, creepy, right? We've found it! (..)
    2010 Tangled