saffron vs shine

saffron

verb
  • To give a saffron colour to (something). 

  • To add saffron to (a food), for taste, colour etc. 

  • To dye (a fabric, garment, etc.) with a saffron-based dye. 

  • To colour (a metal or wooden surface) with a gilding product containing saffron. 

  • To embellish. 

adj
  • Having an orange-yellow colour. 

noun
  • An orange-yellow colour, the colour of a lion's pelt. 

  • A spice (seasoning) and colouring agent made from the stigma and part of the style of the plant, sometimes or formerly also used as a dye and insect repellent. 

  • The plant Crocus sativus, a crocus. 

shine

verb
  • To emit or reflect light so as to glow. 

  • To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing. 

  • To be effulgent in splendour or beauty. 

  • To distinguish oneself; to excel. 

  • To be immediately apparent. 

  • To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar). 

  • To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers. 

  • To reflect light. 

  • To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something). 

  • To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light. 

noun
  • Shoeshine. 

  • Brightness from reflected light. 

  • Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour. 

  • Brightness from a source of light. 

  • Moonshine; illicitly brewed alcoholic drink. 

  • Sunshine. 

  • A liking for a person; a fancy. 

  • The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball. 

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