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- Dictionarysheen/ʃiːn/
noun
- 1. a soft lustre on a surface: "black crushed velvet with a slight sheen"
verb
- 1. shine or cause to shine softly: literary "men entered with rain sheening their steel helms"
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a bright, smooth surface: The conditioner gives hair a beautiful soft sheen. Synonyms. gloss (APPEARANCE) lustre UK. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Quantities & units of light. anti-glare. aureole. beam. blip. brightness. glare. gleam. glimmer. glitter. glow. halo. multiphoton. pencil. photon. radiance. ray. shimmer. shine. sunbeam.
noun. 1. a. : a bright or shining condition : brightness. b. : a subdued glitter approaching but short of optical reflection. c. : a lustrous surface imparted to textiles through finishing processes or use of shiny yarns. 2. : a textile exhibiting notable sheen. sheeny. ˈshē-nē. adjective. Synonyms. Noun.
A sheen is a quality of things that are shiny, usually with reflected light. Anything that shines has a sheen, like satin in candlelight or a beautiful head of hair. Shakespeare loved using words in fresh new ways, and he did that with the adjective for sheen (for “beautiful, bright”) in Hamlet.
sheen. (ʃiːn ) singular noun [oft adjective NOUN] If something has a sheen, it has a smooth and gentle brightness on its surface. The carpet had a silvery sheen to it. Synonyms: shine, gleam, gloss, polish More Synonyms of sheen. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
Define sheen. sheen synonyms, sheen pronunciation, sheen translation, English dictionary definition of sheen. n. 1. Glistening brightness; luster: the sheen of old satin in candlelight. 2. Splendid attire. 3. A glossy surface given to textiles. American Heritage®...
a smooth shine or brightness:
Sheen definition: luster; brightness; radiance.. See examples of SHEEN used in a sentence.
Definition of sheen noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Verb. Filter. noun. Brightness; shininess; luster. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Bright or shining attire. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A glossy surface given to textiles. American Heritage. Synonyms: lustre. luster. shininess. water. splendor. shining. shimmer. scintillation. resplendent. refulgency. refulgence. radiant.
sheen meaning, definition, what is sheen: a soft smooth shiny appearance: Learn more.
