sheen
IPA: ʃˈin
noun
- (also figuratively) Splendor; radiance; shininess.
- A thin layer of a substance (such as oil) spread on a solid or liquid surface.
- The letter ش in the Arabic script.
- An area in London, officially East Sheen.
- A village in Staffordshire, England.
- A surname.
verb
- (rare, intransitive, poetic) To shine; to glisten.
adjective
- (rare, poetic) Beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny.
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Examples of "sheen" in Sentences
- He polished his shoes to make sheen.
- The wings are black with a sheen of blue.
- The silk gives the carpets their unique sheen.
- Guard hairs add the sheen to the coat of an animal.
- None of the four museum specimens shows any sheen of blue.
- They often take on the appearance of a metallic lustrous sheen.
- The annamensis has a golden sheen, especially obvious in the females.
- He was understudy to Michael Sheen in the Harold Pinter play Moonlight.
- The water of the local Hirehalla nala added a special sheen to the blue.
- Inside the shell, the nacre has a sheen which is white, blue, and silver.
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