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foreshines

foreshines is the plural of foreshine.

foreshines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foreshine.

Meaning of foreshine

Noun

foreshine (plural foreshines)

  1. A shine seen in advance.
    • The Herstal people, knowing the Prussian recruiting-system and other rigours, were extremely unwilling to come under Friedrich Wilhelm's sway, could they have helped it. They refused fealty, swore they never would swear: nor did they, till the appearance, or indubitable foreshine, of Friedrich...1864, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XI

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Questions about foreshines

What is foreshines the plural of?
Foreshines is the plural of foreshine.

Words near foreshines in the dictionary

  1. foreshewn
  2. foreshews
  3. foreshift
  4. foreshifts
  5. foreshine
  6. foreshines
  7. foreshining
  8. foreship
  9. foreships
  10. foreshock
  11. foreshocks

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