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shines up

shines up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shine up.

Meaning of shine up

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.

Questions about shines up

What is shines up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shines up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shine up.

Words near shines up in the dictionary

  1. shines down upon
  2. shines light on
  3. shines off
  4. shines on
  5. shines through
  6. shines up
  7. shiness
  8. shinest
  9. shineth
  10. Shiney Row
  11. Shinfield

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