| Pronunciation: | | 'shInee
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| Matching Terms: | | shin, shin guard, shin shu, shin splints, shina, shinab, shinar, the land of, shinbone, shindig, shindle, shindy, shine, shine at, shine dalgarno sequence, shine up, shiner, shiness, shingle, shingle oak, shingle tree, shingler, shingles, shingling, shingly, shingon, shinhopple, shininess, shining, shining clubmoss, shining sumac, shining willow, shiningness, shinleaf, shinney, shinny, shinpad, shinplaster, shintiyan, shinto, shintoism, shintoist, shintoistic, shinty, shiny lyonia
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- [adj] reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel"
- [adj] abounding with sunlight; "a bright sunny day"; "one shining norming"- John Muir; "when it is warm and shiny"
- [adj] having a shiny surface or coating; "glazed fabrics"; "glazed doughnuts"
- [adj] made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; "bright silver candlesticks"; "a burnished brass knocker"; "she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves"; "rows of shining glasses"; "shiny black patents"
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| | Synonyms: | | bright, burnished, calendered, clear, glassy, glazed, glistening, glossy, icy, lustrous, polished, sheeny, shining, sunny, sunshiny, vitreous, vitrified |
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| | Antonyms: | | unglazed |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Shin"y\, a. [Compar. {Shinier}; superl. {Shiniest}.]
Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
Like distant thunder on a shiny day. --Dryden.
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