Past tense of shine
irregular verb
The past tense of shine is shone or shined. The past participle is also shone or shined.
Forms of shine
| Base form (V1) | shine /ʃaɪn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | shone /ʃɒn/ shined /ʃaɪnd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | shone /ʃɒn/ shined /ʃaɪnd/ |
| Present participle | shining /ˈʃaɪnɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | shines |
Past tense of shine by meaning
- to emit or reflect light so as to glow.: shone or shined
- to cause (something) to be smooth and shiny by rubbing; put a shine on (something)...: shined
Shone and shined in a sentence
- My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shone at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team.
- I shone my light into the darkness to see what was making the noise.
- A beam of light shone into the interior of a mirrored sphere would reverberate in itself.From the entry reverberate
- I shone my flashlight on the strange inscription.From the entry flashlight
- The sun shone, and the birds were caroling.From the entry carol
Meaning of shine
- verb To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
- verb To reflect light.
- verb To distinguish oneself; to excel.
Questions about the past tense of shine
- What is the past tense of shine?
- The past tense of shine is shone or shined.
- What is the past participle of shine?
- The past participle of shine is shone or shined.
- Is shine a regular or irregular verb?
- Shine is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shine (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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