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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