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shining up

shining up is the present participle and gerund 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 shining up

What is shining up the present participle and gerund of?
Shining up is the present participle and gerund of shine up.

Words near shining up in the dictionary

  1. shining ones
  2. shining sumac
  3. shining through
  4. shining tubeshoulder
  5. shining tubeshoulders
  6. shining up
  7. shining, shimmering, splendid
  8. shininger
  9. shiningest
  10. shiningly
  11. shiningness

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