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shine up

shine up verb: to cause to be shiny or more shiny.

Verb

shine up (third-person singular simple present shines up, present participle shining up, simple past and past participle shined up or shone up)

  1. (transitive) To cause to be shiny or more shiny.
  2. (intransitive) To be friendly in an attempt to impress; to suck up; to be overly solicitous; to attempt to ingratiate oneself.

Forms of shine up

third-person singular presentshines up
present participleshining up
past participleshined up
pastshined up
past participleshone up
pastshone up

Questions about shine up

What does shine up mean?
Shine up means to cause to be shiny or more shiny.
What part of speech is shine up?
Shine up is a verb.
What is the past tense of shine up?
The past tense of shine up is shined up.

Words near shine up in the dictionary

  1. shine muscats
  2. shine off
  3. shine on
  4. Shine the Light Law
  5. shine through
  6. shine up
  7. Shine-Dalgarno sequence
  8. Shine-Dalgarno sequences
  9. shinebox
  10. shineboxes
  11. shined

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