What is the meaning of shining?

noun

• The work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it.
  • usage: "the shining of shoes provided a meager living"; "every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing"
  • synonyms: polishing

verb

• Be bright by reflecting or casting light.
  • usage: "Drive carefully-the wet road reflects"
  • synonyms: reflect, shine
• Emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light.
  • usage: "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces"
  • synonyms: shine, beam
• Be shiny, as if wet.
  • usage: "His eyes were glistening"
  • synonyms: glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine
• Be distinguished or eminent.
  • usage: "His talent shines"
  • synonyms: shine
• Be clear and obvious.
  • usage: "A shining example"
  • synonyms: shine
• Have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink.
  • usage: "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna"
  • synonyms: glow, beam, radiate, shine
• Throw or flash the light of (a lamp. )
  • usage: "Shine the light on that window, please"
  • synonyms: shine
• Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly.
  • usage: "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"
  • synonyms: fall, shine, strike
• Experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion.
  • usage: "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness"
  • synonyms: glow, beam, radiate, shine
• Make (a surface) shine.
  • usage: "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"
  • synonyms: polish, smooth, smoothen, shine

adjective

• Marked by exceptional merit.
  • usage: "had shining virtues and few faults"; "a shining example"
• Made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: bright, burnished, lustrous, shiny
• Reflecting light.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny