"foreshine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foreshines [plural]
Etymology: From fore- + shine. Possibly cognate with German Vorschein. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|shine}} fore- + shine, {{cog|de|Vorschein}} German Vorschein Head templates: {{en-noun}} foreshine (plural foreshines)
  1. A shine seen in advance.
    Sense id: en-foreshine-en-noun-8vFfEJCc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4

Verb

Forms: foreshines [present, singular, third-person], foreshining [participle, present], foreshone [participle, past], foreshone [past]
Etymology: From fore- + shine. Possibly cognate with German Vorschein. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|shine}} fore- + shine, {{cog|de|Vorschein}} German Vorschein Head templates: {{en-verb|||foreshone}} foreshine (third-person singular simple present foreshines, present participle foreshining, simple past and past participle foreshone)
  1. To shine forth; bring into view.
    Sense id: en-foreshine-en-verb-7dEve-WH

Inflected forms

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