| she |
| 1. pron. (personal) The female person or animal previously mentioned or implied. | |
| I asked Mary, but she said that she didn’t know. | |
| 2. pron. (personal, sometimes affectionate) A ship or boat. | |
| She could do forty knots in good weather. | |
| She is a beautiful boat, isn’t she? | |
| 3. pron. (personal, affectionate) Another machine (besides a ship), such as a car. | |
| She only gets thirty miles to the gallon on the highway, but she’s durable. | |
| 4. pron. (personal, dated) A country. | |
| She is a poor place, but has beautiful scenery and friendly people. | |
| 5. pron. (personal) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant (used in a work, along with or in place of he, as an indefinite pronoun). | |
| 6. n. A female. | |
| Pat is definitely a she. | |
| brightens |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of brighten | |
| brighten |
| 1. v. To make bright or brighter in color. | |
| We brightened the room with a new coat of paint. | |
| 2. v. To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to | |
| 3. v. (transitive, figuratively) To make more cheerful and pleasant; to enliven | |
| to brighten one's prospects; Having Mark around the place really brightens things up. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To grow bright, or more bright in color; to clear up | |
| The sun starts to brighten around this time of the year. The sky brightened as the storm moved on. | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To become brighter or more cheerful in mood | |
| She brightened when I changed the subject. | |
| 6. v. To make acute or witty; to enliven. | |
