SHONE
What does "SHONE" mean?
Past tense of 'shine': gave out or reflected bright light.
Meanings
- Emitted or reflected light; glowed or gleamed. The moon shone full and white over the harbour.
- Stood out or excelled in performance. She shone brightest in the final round of the debate. figurative
Did you know?
- The same five letters split the Atlantic: most Americans say 'shone' to rhyme with 'bone', while most Britons say it to rhyme with 'gone'.
Word origin
Past tense of 'shine', from Old English 'scan', the past form of 'scinan' (to shine); the form preserves the old Germanic vowel change between present and past tense.
Remember it
SHONE is SHINE that already happened - drop the long I, keep the silent E, and the light is now in the past.
A little poem
The lamp in the hall
shone all night for no one-
morning turns it off.
haiku
What it teaches
Light that already shone still counts; some of what guides you now is the afterglow of a vanished source.
Quick facts
What does SHONE mean?
Past tense of 'shine': gave out or reflected bright light.
Is SHONE a valid word?
Yes — SHONE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SHONE?
SHONE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SHONE come from?
Past tense of 'shine', from Old English 'scan', the past form of 'scinan' (to shine); the form preserves the old Germanic vowel change between present and past tense.
What can SHONE teach us?
Light that already shone still counts; some of what guides you now is the afterglow of a vanished source.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.