take a shine to in English

Forms: takes a shine to [present, singular, third-person], taking a shine to [participle, present], took a shine to [past], taken a shine to [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> a shine to}} take a shine to (third-person singular simple present takes a shine to, present participle taking a shine to, simple past took a shine to, past participle taken a shine to)

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    {
      "form": "takes a shine to",
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    },
    {
      "form": "taking a shine to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "took a shine to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken a shine to",
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He took a shine to jazz."
        }
      ],
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        "To become fond of something."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_a_shine_to-en-verb-qgxO5W0G",
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        [
          "fond",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To become fond of something."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "take a cotton to"
        },
        {
          "word": "take a fancy to"
        },
        {
          "word": "take a liking to"
        },
        {
          "word": "take a shining to"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "polubić"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take a shine to"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes a shine to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking a shine to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took a shine to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken a shine to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "take<,,took,taken> a shine to"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He took a shine to jazz."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become fond of something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fond",
          "fond"
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        "(transitive) To become fond of something."
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "take a cotton to"
    },
    {
      "word": "take a fancy to"
    },
    {
      "word": "take a liking to"
    },
    {
      "word": "take a shining to"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "polubić"
    }
  ],
  "word": "take a shine to"
}

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"take a shine to" meaning in English

Verb