word-vault
Version:
A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
211 lines (210 loc) • 7.24 kB
JSON
{
"term": "shine",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "shine",
"heSheIt": "shines"
},
"pastSimple": "shone",
"pastParticiple": "shone",
"ingForm": "shining"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to produce or reflect light; to be bright",
"sensetop": "shine on somebody/somethingshine with something",
"labels": "(figurative)(figurative)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The **sun shone** brightly in a cloudless sky."
},
{
"text": "A light was shining in the distance."
},
{
"text": "The dark polished wood shone like glass."
},
{
"text": "The stars were shining and the moon was bright."
},
{
"text": "The hot desert sun shone down relentlessly."
},
{
"text": "the beauty of the moon shining on the waves",
"contextForm": "shine on somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Her eyes were shining with excitement.",
"contextForm": "shine with something"
},
{
"text": "Excitement was shining in her eyes."
},
{
"text": "Love and pride shone from her eyes."
},
{
"text": "She seemed to shine with an inner radiance."
},
{
"text": "Their faces shone white in the moonlight."
},
{
"text": "There were tears shining in his eyes."
},
{
"text": "I was woken by a full moon shining on me."
},
{
"text": "You've really made that floor shine!"
},
{
"text": "He waxed the car until it shone."
},
{
"text": "a shampoo that's guaranteed to make your hair shine"
},
{
"text": "A spotlight was shining directly into her eyes."
},
{
"text": "The light shone on his face."
}
],
"topics": ["Space"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["brightly", "brilliantly", "faintly"],
"verb + shine": ["seem to", "make something"],
"preposition": ["at", "from", "in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to aim or point the light of a lamp, etc. in a particular direction",
"sensetop": "shine something + adv./prep.",
"labels": "(figurative)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He shone the flashlight around the cellar."
},
{
"text": "The watchman shone his torch at us."
},
{
"text": "The doctor shone the light in my eyes several times."
},
{
"text": "Campaigners are shining a spotlight on the world's diminishing natural resources."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["brightly", "brilliantly", "faintly"],
"verb + shine": ["seem to", "make something"],
"preposition": ["at", "from", "in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to polish something; to make something smooth and bright",
"sensetop": "shine something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He shined shoes and sold newspapers to make money."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to show that you are very good at something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He failed to shine academically but he was very good at sports."
},
{
"text": "She has set a **shining example** of loyal service over four decades."
},
{
"text": "These qualities **shine forth** in all that he produced."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a man who saves somebody, especially a woman, from a dangerous situation",
"labels": "(usually humorous)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She's still waiting for a knight in shining armour to come and rescue her."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to make good use of opportunities, good conditions, etc. while they last",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "usually used in orders to tell somebody to get out of bed and be active",
"labels": "(old-fashioned)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃaɪn/",
"audio": "sh/shine/shine__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃaɪnd/",
"audio": "sh/shine/shined__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃaɪnz/",
"audio": "sh/shine/shines__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃɒn/",
"audio": "sh/shine/shone__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈʃaɪnɪŋ/",
"audio": "sh/shine/shining__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃaɪn/",
"audio": "sh/shine/shine__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃaɪnd/",
"audio": "sh/shine/shined__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃaɪnz/",
"audio": "sh/shine/shines__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃəʊn/",
"audio": "sh/shine/shone__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈʃaɪnɪŋ/",
"audio": "sh/shine/shining__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English scīnan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schijnen and German scheinen."
}