shine

1. past tense, past participle - shone; verb

1) (to (cause to) give out light; to direct such light towards someone or something: The light shone from the window; The policeman shone his torch; He shone a torch on the body.) skinne, stråle

2) (to be bright: She polished the silver till it shone.) skinne, stråle

3) ((past tense, past participle shined) to polish: He tries to make a living by shining shoes.) pusse

4) ((often with at) to be very good (at something): He shines at games; You really shone in yesterday's match.) briljere

2. noun

1) (brightness; the state of being well polished: He likes a good shine on his shoes; a ray of sunshine.) glans, skinn

2) (an act of polishing: I'll just give my shoes a shine.) pussing

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- shining

- shiny
- shininess

skinn

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skinne

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stråle

I

subst. \/ʃaɪn\/

1) lysskjær, skinn

2) glans, blankhet

3) (hverdagslig) solskinn

4) (slang) forklaring: nedsettende betegnelse på svart person

give a good shine to pusse riktig fin\/blank

put a good shine on pusse riktig fin\/blank

shine down stille i skyggen

shine round (amer., slang) flørte med, legge an på

shine up to (slang) flørte med, legge an på

take a shine to (hverdagslig) få sansen for

take the shine out of ta glansen av, skade glansen på (overført) ta glansen av, overgå, stille i skyggen

II

verb (shone - shone) \/ʃaɪn\/

1) skinne, lyse, glinse, stråle

• the sun was shining

solen skinte

• the moon shone bright

månen skinte sterkt

• his face shone with happiness

ansiktet hans lyste av glede

2) (overført) briljere, glimre, være lysende

• she shines at tennis

hun er glimrende til å spille tennis

3) (hverdagslig) pusse, polere

4) lyse med

• shine a torch in someone's face

lyse noen i ansiktet med en lommelykt

shine shoes pusse sko

shine through (mest overført) skinne gjennom