Sheen
[ʃiːn] or [ʃin]
Definition
(v. t.) Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny.
(v. i.) To shine; to glisten.
(n.) Brightness; splendor; glitter.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Brightness, splendor, shine, gloss.
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Definition
n. brightness or splendour.—adj. (obs.) bright shining.—v.i. (arch.) to shine glitter.—adj. Sheen′y shining beautiful.
Editor: Percival
Examples
- A mild harvest night, by the tranquil light Of the modest and gentle moon, Has a far sweeter sheen for me, I ween, Than the broad and unblushing noon. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Here were no jewels, no head-dressesno velvet pile or silken sheen purity, simplicity, and a?rial grace reigned in that virgin band. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The grey sheen of the moonlight caught the stretch of water, dark boats plashed and moved. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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