verb

• (intransitive, copulative) To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
  "The water shone pacifically; the sky, without a speck, was a benign immensity of unstained light; the very mist on the Essex marshes was like a gauzy and radiant fabric, hung from the wooded rises inland, and draping the low shores in diaphanous folds."
• (intransitive, copulative) To reflect light.
• (intransitive, copulative) To distinguish oneself; to excel.
  "My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shone at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team."
• (intransitive, copulative) To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
  "So proud she shyned in her Princely state."

noun

• (slang) Moonshine; an illicitly brewed alcoholic drink.
• (slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
• (cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
• (slang) A liking for a person; a fancy.
  "She's certainly taken a shine to you."

verb

• (transitive) To cause (something) to be smooth and shiny by rubbing; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
  "He shined my shoes until they were polished smooth and gleaming."
• (transitive, cricket) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.

noun

• (telecommunications) Acronym of single high-impulse noise event.