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Shine

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.

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Appear 76% connected

To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

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Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Beautify 76% connected

To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.

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Brightness 76% connected

The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness.

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Embellish 76% connected

To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrativ…

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Emit 76% connected

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…

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Exist 76% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

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Experience 76% connected

Trial, as a test or experiment.

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Explain 76% connected

To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand.

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Explicate 76% connected

Evolved; unfolded.

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Feel 76% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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Flash 76% connected

To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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Hap 76% connected

To clothe; to wrap.

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Happen 76% connected

To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.

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Look 76% connected

To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

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Occur 76% connected

To meet; to clash.

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Seem 76% connected

To appear, or to appear to be; to have a show or semblance; to present an appearance; to look; to strike one's apprehension or fancy as being; to be…

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Manner of action 24

Beacon 76% connected

A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.

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Blaze 76% connected

A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.

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Buff 76% connected

A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed i…

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Burn 76% connected

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

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Burnish 76% connected

To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or p…

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Coruscate 76% connected

To glitter in flashes; to flash.

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Flame 76% connected

A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.

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Flare 76% connected

To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

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Flick 76% connected

To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots.

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Flicker 76% connected

To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.

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Furbish 76% connected

To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear.

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Glare 76% connected

To shine with a bright, dazzling light.

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Gloss 76% connected

Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss.

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Glow 76% connected

To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.

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Opalesce 76% connected

To give forth a play of colors, like the opal.

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Outshine 76% connected

To shine forth.

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Scintillate 76% connected

To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles.

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Shimmer 76% connected

To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.

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Sleek 76% connected

Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair.

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Slick 76% connected

See Schlich.

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Spangle 76% connected

A small plate or boss of shining metal; something brilliant used as an ornament, especially when stitched on the dress.

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Sparkle 76% connected

A little spark; a scintillation.

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Twinkle 76% connected

To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.

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Winkle 76% connected

Any periwinkle.

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Narrower term 10

Burnish 76% connected

To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or p…

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Gleam 76% connected

To disgorge filth, as a hawk.

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Gleaming 76% connected

of Gleam

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Gloss 76% connected

Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss.

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Glossiness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface.

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Glow 76% connected

To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.

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Luster 76% connected

One who lusts.

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Lustre 76% connected

Brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter.

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Polish 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.

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Sheen 76% connected

Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny.

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Derivationally related 10

Beam 74% connected

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

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Beam 74% connected

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

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Radiant 74% connected

Emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays; radiating; radiate.

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Radiant 74% connected

Emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays; radiating; radiate.

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Radiate 74% connected

To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.

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Radiate 74% connected

To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.

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Refulgency 74% connected

The quality of being refulgent; brilliancy; splender; radiance.

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Refulgency 74% connected

The quality of being refulgent; brilliancy; splender; radiance.

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Shiner 74% connected

That which shines.

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Shiner 74% connected

That which shines.

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Causes 1

Beam 72% connected

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

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Entails 1

Rub 72% connected

To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…

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Synonym 18

Beam 92% connected

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

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Effulgence 92% connected

The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.

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Fall 92% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Gleam 92% connected

To disgorge filth, as a hawk.

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Glint 92% connected

A glimpse, glance, or gleam.

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Glisten 92% connected

To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening…

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Glitter 92% connected

To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword.

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Glow 92% connected

To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.

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Polish 92% connected

Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.

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Radiance 92% connected

Alt. of Radiancy

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Radiancy 92% connected

The quality of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the radiance of the sun.

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Radiate 92% connected

To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.

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Reflect 92% connected

To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays o…

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Refulgence 92% connected

Alt. of Refulgency

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Refulgency 92% connected

The quality of being refulgent; brilliancy; splender; radiance.

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Smooth 92% connected

Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.

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Smoothen 92% connected

To make smooth.

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Strike 92% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

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