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Synonyms for shining

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineActions

the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it

The shining of shoes provided a meager living.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

polishing

Same sentence, swapped: The polishing of shoes provided a meager living.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for shining as it is used in the sentence above.

washing
labor
divine

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Closest first: other actions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

terminationnounendingthe act of ending somethingRidgeline thievingnounstealingthe act of taking something from someone unlawfullyRidgelineHas a reason line toastingnounbrowningcooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grillRidgelineHas a reason line tripnounstumblean unintentional but embarrassing blunderRidgelineHas a reason line assemblynoungatheringthe social act of assemblingTreelineHas a reason line assistnounhelpthe activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purposeTreelineHas a reason line attacknounapproachideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situationFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line egotisticaladjectivevaincharacteristic of false prideRidgeline

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