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Shone is the past tense of shine and is defined as something reflected light, a surface was polished or someone stood out because of excellence.

(verb)

  1. An example of shone is what a flashlight did.
  2. The shining done to the chrome on an antique car is an example of shone.
  3. When a candidate for a political office won a debate, that is an example of shone.

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See shone in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb, transitive verb

shine

See shone in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb
A past tense and a past participle of shine.
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