shiny

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shin·y

(shī′nē)

adj. shin·i·er, shin·i·est

1. Radiating light; bright.

2. Bright from reflected light; glistening.

3. Having a sheen from being rubbed or worn smooth.

shin′i·ness n.

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shiny

(ˈʃaɪnɪ)

adj, shinier or shiniest

1. glossy or polished; bright

2. (of clothes or material) worn to a smooth and glossy state, as by continual rubbing

ˈshininess n

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shin•y

(ˈʃaɪ ni)

adj. shin•i•er, shin•i•est.

1. bright or glossy in appearance.

2. filled with light.

3. rubbed or worn to a glossy smoothness, as clothes.

[1580–90]

shin′i•ly, adv.

shin′i•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	shiny - 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" glistening, glossy, lustrous, shining bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"
	2.	shiny - having a shiny surface or coating; "glazed fabrics"; "glazed doughnuts" glazed
	3.	shiny - 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" burnished, lustrous, shining, bright polished - perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver"

shiny

adjective bright, gleaming, glossy, glistening, polished, burnished, lustrous, satiny, sheeny, agleam, nitid (poetic) a shiny new sports car

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shiny

adjective

1. Giving off or reflecting light readily or in large amounts:

beamy, bright, brilliant, effulgent, incandescent, irradiant, lambent, lucent, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent.

2. Having a high, radiant sheen:

glassy, gleaming, glistening, glossy, lustrous, polished, shining.

Translations

لامِع

lesklývyleštěný

blankskinnende

glänzend blank

γυαλιστερός στιλπνός

brillante reluciente lustroso

kiiltävä

brillant luisant magnifique

sjajan

glansandi

lustro scintillante

光った

빛나는

lesketajoč sesijoč

glansig

ส่องแสง

parlakparlayan

sáng bóng

发光的明亮的有光泽的闪亮的

shiny

[ˈʃaɪnɪ] ADJ (shinier (compar) (shiniest (superl))) → brillante

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

shiny

[ˈʃaɪni] adj [hair, face, shoes, car, coin, fabric, surface] → brillant(e)
a shiny new sports car
BUT une voiture de sport flambant neuve.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

shiny

adj (+er) → glänzend; elbows, trousers also → blank

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

shiny

[ˈʃaɪnɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → lucido/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

shine

(ʃain) – past tense, past participle shone (ʃon, (American) ʃoun) – 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.

2. to be bright. She polished the silver till it shone.

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

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

noun

1. brightness; the state of being well polished. He likes a good shine on his shoes; a ray of sunshine.

2. an act of polishing. I'll just give my shoes a shine.

ˈshining adjective

very bright and clear; producing or reflecting light; polished. a shining star; The windows were clean and shining.

ˈshiny adjective

glossy; reflecting light; polished. a shiny cover on a book; a shiny nose; shiny shoes.

ˈshininess noun

shiny

→ لامِع lesklý skinnende glänzend στιλπνός reluciente kiiltävä brillant sjajan scintillante 光った 빛나는 glanzend skinnende błyszczący brilhante блестящий glansig ส่องแสง parlak sáng bóng 闪亮的

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