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3 VERB Something that shines is very bright and clear because it is reflecting light. □ [V ] Her blue eyes shone and caught the light. □ [V -ing] …shining aluminum machines.

4 N‑SING Something that has a shine is bright and clear because it is reflecting light. □  This gel gives a beautiful shine to the hair.

5 VERB If you shine a wooden, leather, or metal object, you make it bright by rubbing or polishing it. □ [V n] Let him dust and shine the furniture.

6 VERB Someone who shines at a skill or activity does it extremely well. □ [V ] Did you shine at school?

7 → see also shining

8 PHRASE If you say that someone has taken a shine to another person, you mean that he or she liked them very much at their first meeting. [INFORMAL ] □  Seems to me you've taken quite a shine to Miss Richmond.

9rain or shine → see rain

shin|gle /ʃ I ŋg ^ə l/ (shingles )

1 N‑UNCOUNT Shingle is a mass of small rough pieces of stone on the shore of a sea or a river. □  …a beach of sand and shingle.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Shingles is a disease in which painful red spots spread in bands over a person's body, especially around their waist.

shin|ing /ʃa I n I ŋ/

1 ADJ A shining achievement or quality is a very good one which should be greatly admired. □  She is a shining example to us all.

2 → see also shine

shi n pa d (shin pads ) or shi n gua rd (shin guards ) N‑COUNT A shin pad is a thick piece of material that you wear inside your socks to protect the lower part of your leg when you are playing a game such as football or rugby.

Shin|to /ʃ I ntoʊ/ N‑UNCOUNT Shinto is the traditional religion of Japan.

shiny /ʃa I ni/ (shinier , shiniest ) ADJ Shiny things are bright and reflect light. □  Her blonde hair was shiny and clean. □  …a shiny new sports car.

ship ◆◆◇ /ʃ I p/ (ships , shipping , shipped )

1 N‑COUNT [oft by N ] A ship is a large boat which carries passengers or cargo. □  Within ninety minutes the ship was ready for departure. □  We went by ship over to America. □  …merchant ships.

2 VERB [usu passive] If people or things are shipped somewhere, they are sent there on a ship or by some other means of transport. □ [be V -ed prep/adv] The siblings were shipped to a local orphanage.

3 → see also shipping

▸  ship out PHRASAL VERB If someone ships out , they leave a place, especially by ship. □ [V P ] Sailors hung about while they waited to ship out.

ship|board /ʃ I pbɔː ^r d/ ADJ [ADJ n] Shipboard means taking place on a ship. □  …a shipboard romance.

ship|builder /ʃ I pb I ldə ^r / (shipbuilders ) N‑COUNT A shipbuilder is a company or a person that builds ships.

ship|building /ʃ I pb I ld I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT Shipbuilding is the industry of building ships.

ship|load /ʃ I ploʊd/ (shiploads ) N‑COUNT A shipload of people or goods is as many people or goods as a ship can carry. □ [+ of ] …a shipload of refugees.

ship|mate /ʃ I pme I t/ (shipmates ) N‑COUNT [oft poss N ] Sailors who work together on the same ship are shipmates . □  His shipmates stayed at their stations.

ship|ment /ʃ I pmənt/ (shipments )

1 N‑COUNT [usu N n] A shipment is an amount of a particular kind of cargo that is sent to another country on a ship, train, aeroplane, or other vehicle. □  Food shipments could begin in a matter of weeks. □ [+ of ] …a shipment of weapons.

2 N‑UNCOUNT The shipment of a cargo somewhere is the sending of it there by ship, train, aeroplane, or some other vehicle. □  Bananas are packed before being transported to the docks for shipment overseas.

ship|owner /ʃ I poʊnə ^r / (shipowners ) N‑COUNT A shipowner is someone who owns a ship or ships or who has shares in a shipping company.

ship|per /ʃ I pə ^r / (shippers ) N‑COUNT [usu pl] Shippers are people or companies who ship cargo as a business.

ship|ping /ʃ I p I ŋ/