Definition of sheen in English:

sheen

noun ʃiːnʃin

A soft lustre on a surface.
black crushed velvet with a slight sheen
figurative he seemed to shine with that unmistakable showbiz sheen
Example sentencesExamples
- With a low sheen, the intriguing surface is full of movement and tonal interest.
- And if his songs have had the time to be polished to a smooth sheen then so has his interview technique.
- Unadorned, they rely on the soft surface sheen of the pewter for decorative effect.
- Have your concrete polished to a marble-like sheen, and it needn't look like a public lavatory.
- The moon reflected off the soft sheen on Rex's face and I could see he had a small smile on.
- It shone and glistened in the moonlight, the soft sheen reflecting off of the copper.
- He looked at her, her face gleaming with a sheen of sweat as she watched him.
- The hallway gleamed with the sheen of a polished diamond.
- Grace holds herself up with her hand against the floor, which has acquired a bright sheen of polish.
- It has very few bumps or protuberances, and the surface has as mirror-like a sheen as you can get from white plastic.
- To seal the paint, I used light brown tinted wax and buffed it to a soft sheen.
- Every length and lath of wood is polished to a force-field sheen.
- Only the hugely successful rally computer game that bears his name sparkles with a sheen of glamour.
- An iridescent sheen spread over the surface of the water below him, indicating a fuel leak.
- Its beauty increases with use which causes a patina or soft sheen to form.
- At one time after heavy flooding I tried to use a garden hose to wash off the oily sheen from the surface but I only managed to disperse it.
- It has a slight sheen and a defined twill line, and can be dyed any color, including indigo.
- In order to produce a higher sheen or gloss, we need to use a finer abrasive.
- Both of their faces had a soft sheen of sweat and Thom loosened his collar a little.
- To add a sheen, polish the eggs with a paper towel or cloth wetted with vegetable oil.
Synonyms
shine, lustre, gleam, patina, gloss, shininess, burnish, polish, shimmer, glimmer, sparkle, brightness, brilliance, radiance

verb ʃiːnʃin

literary

Shine or cause to shine softly.
with object men entered with rain sheening their steel helms
no object her black hair sheened in the sun
Example sentencesExamples
- Everything on the market seemed to turn into those bendy, rimless shards sheened with that bluish, rather offensively reflective stuff.
- Other great writers-Tolstoy, Bellow, Flaubert - seem to look through a clear - seeing inner eye which in Joyce is milkily, filmily sheened.
- The dog's rear tensed, muscles sheening through the short hair.
- Nara noticed that his pale face was sheened with sweat, shining in the dim green light of the controls.
- His face is heavyset, its mid-coffee coloring sheened with sweat.

Origin

Early 17th century: from obsolete sheen 'beautiful, resplendent'; apparently related to the verb shine.

Rhymes

Aberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, clean, contravene, convene, cuisine, dean, Dene, e'en, eighteen, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, gombeen, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, latrine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, moreen, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, obscene, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, Rabin, Racine, ramin, ravine, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sixteen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, thirteen, transmarine, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen, yean

Definition of sheen in US English:

sheen

nounSHēnʃin

A soft luster on a surface.
black crushed velvet with a slight sheen
figurative he seemed to shine with that unmistakable showbiz sheen
Example sentencesExamples
- And if his songs have had the time to be polished to a smooth sheen then so has his interview technique.
- He looked at her, her face gleaming with a sheen of sweat as she watched him.
- It shone and glistened in the moonlight, the soft sheen reflecting off of the copper.
- To add a sheen, polish the eggs with a paper towel or cloth wetted with vegetable oil.
- At one time after heavy flooding I tried to use a garden hose to wash off the oily sheen from the surface but I only managed to disperse it.
- Every length and lath of wood is polished to a force-field sheen.
- Its beauty increases with use which causes a patina or soft sheen to form.
- Both of their faces had a soft sheen of sweat and Thom loosened his collar a little.
- It has a slight sheen and a defined twill line, and can be dyed any color, including indigo.
- To seal the paint, I used light brown tinted wax and buffed it to a soft sheen.
- It has very few bumps or protuberances, and the surface has as mirror-like a sheen as you can get from white plastic.
- Have your concrete polished to a marble-like sheen, and it needn't look like a public lavatory.
- Only the hugely successful rally computer game that bears his name sparkles with a sheen of glamour.
- Unadorned, they rely on the soft surface sheen of the pewter for decorative effect.
- The moon reflected off the soft sheen on Rex's face and I could see he had a small smile on.
- The hallway gleamed with the sheen of a polished diamond.
- Grace holds herself up with her hand against the floor, which has acquired a bright sheen of polish.
- In order to produce a higher sheen or gloss, we need to use a finer abrasive.
- An iridescent sheen spread over the surface of the water below him, indicating a fuel leak.
- With a low sheen, the intriguing surface is full of movement and tonal interest.
Synonyms
shine, lustre, gleam, patina, gloss, shininess, burnish, polish, shimmer, glimmer, sparkle, brightness, brilliance, radiance

verbSHēnʃin

literary

Shine or cause to shine softly.
with object men entered with rain sheening their steel helms
no object her black hair sheened in the sun
Example sentencesExamples
- His face is heavyset, its mid-coffee coloring sheened with sweat.
- Everything on the market seemed to turn into those bendy, rimless shards sheened with that bluish, rather offensively reflective stuff.
- Other great writers-Tolstoy, Bellow, Flaubert - seem to look through a clear - seeing inner eye which in Joyce is milkily, filmily sheened.
- Nara noticed that his pale face was sheened with sweat, shining in the dim green light of the controls.
- The dog's rear tensed, muscles sheening through the short hair.

Origin

Early 17th century: from obsolete sheen ‘beautiful, resplendent’; apparently related to the verb shine.

单词	sheen
释义	Definition of sheen in English: sheen noun ʃiːnʃin A soft lustre on a surface. black crushed velvet with a slight sheen figurative he seemed to shine with that unmistakable showbiz sheen Example sentencesExamples With a low sheen, the intriguing surface is full of movement and tonal interest. And if his songs have had the time to be polished to a smooth sheen then so has his interview technique. Unadorned, they rely on the soft surface sheen of the pewter for decorative effect. Have your concrete polished to a marble-like sheen, and it needn't look like a public lavatory. The moon reflected off the soft sheen on Rex's face and I could see he had a small smile on. It shone and glistened in the moonlight, the soft sheen reflecting off of the copper. He looked at her, her face gleaming with a sheen of sweat as she watched him. The hallway gleamed with the sheen of a polished diamond. Grace holds herself up with her hand against the floor, which has acquired a bright sheen of polish. It has very few bumps or protuberances, and the surface has as mirror-like a sheen as you can get from white plastic. To seal the paint, I used light brown tinted wax and buffed it to a soft sheen. Every length and lath of wood is polished to a force-field sheen. Only the hugely successful rally computer game that bears his name sparkles with a sheen of glamour. An iridescent sheen spread over the surface of the water below him, indicating a fuel leak. Its beauty increases with use which causes a patina or soft sheen to form. At one time after heavy flooding I tried to use a garden hose to wash off the oily sheen from the surface but I only managed to disperse it. It has a slight sheen and a defined twill line, and can be dyed any color, including indigo. In order to produce a higher sheen or gloss, we need to use a finer abrasive. Both of their faces had a soft sheen of sweat and Thom loosened his collar a little. To add a sheen, polish the eggs with a paper towel or cloth wetted with vegetable oil. Synonyms shine, lustre, gleam, patina, gloss, shininess, burnish, polish, shimmer, glimmer, sparkle, brightness, brilliance, radiance verb ʃiːnʃin literary Shine or cause to shine softly. with object men entered with rain sheening their steel helms no object her black hair sheened in the sun Example sentencesExamples Everything on the market seemed to turn into those bendy, rimless shards sheened with that bluish, rather offensively reflective stuff. Other great writers-Tolstoy, Bellow, Flaubert - seem to look through a clear - seeing inner eye which in Joyce is milkily, filmily sheened. The dog's rear tensed, muscles sheening through the short hair. Nara noticed that his pale face was sheened with sweat, shining in the dim green light of the controls. His face is heavyset, its mid-coffee coloring sheened with sweat. Origin Early 17th century: from obsolete sheen 'beautiful, resplendent'; apparently related to the verb shine. Rhymes Aberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, clean, contravene, convene, cuisine, dean, Dene, e'en, eighteen, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, gombeen, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, latrine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, moreen, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, obscene, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, Rabin, Racine, ramin, ravine, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sixteen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, thirteen, transmarine, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen, yean Definition of sheen in US English: sheen nounSHēnʃin A soft luster on a surface. black crushed velvet with a slight sheen figurative he seemed to shine with that unmistakable showbiz sheen Example sentencesExamples And if his songs have had the time to be polished to a smooth sheen then so has his interview technique. He looked at her, her face gleaming with a sheen of sweat as she watched him. It shone and glistened in the moonlight, the soft sheen reflecting off of the copper. To add a sheen, polish the eggs with a paper towel or cloth wetted with vegetable oil. At one time after heavy flooding I tried to use a garden hose to wash off the oily sheen from the surface but I only managed to disperse it. Every length and lath of wood is polished to a force-field sheen. Its beauty increases with use which causes a patina or soft sheen to form. Both of their faces had a soft sheen of sweat and Thom loosened his collar a little. It has a slight sheen and a defined twill line, and can be dyed any color, including indigo. To seal the paint, I used light brown tinted wax and buffed it to a soft sheen. It has very few bumps or protuberances, and the surface has as mirror-like a sheen as you can get from white plastic. Have your concrete polished to a marble-like sheen, and it needn't look like a public lavatory. Only the hugely successful rally computer game that bears his name sparkles with a sheen of glamour. Unadorned, they rely on the soft surface sheen of the pewter for decorative effect. The moon reflected off the soft sheen on Rex's face and I could see he had a small smile on. The hallway gleamed with the sheen of a polished diamond. Grace holds herself up with her hand against the floor, which has acquired a bright sheen of polish. In order to produce a higher sheen or gloss, we need to use a finer abrasive. An iridescent sheen spread over the surface of the water below him, indicating a fuel leak. With a low sheen, the intriguing surface is full of movement and tonal interest. Synonyms shine, lustre, gleam, patina, gloss, shininess, burnish, polish, shimmer, glimmer, sparkle, brightness, brilliance, radiance verbSHēnʃin literary Shine or cause to shine softly. with object men entered with rain sheening their steel helms no object her black hair sheened in the sun Example sentencesExamples His face is heavyset, its mid-coffee coloring sheened with sweat. Everything on the market seemed to turn into those bendy, rimless shards sheened with that bluish, rather offensively reflective stuff. Other great writers-Tolstoy, Bellow, Flaubert - seem to look through a clear - seeing inner eye which in Joyce is milkily, filmily sheened. Nara noticed that his pale face was sheened with sweat, shining in the dim green light of the controls. The dog's rear tensed, muscles sheening through the short hair. Origin Early 17th century: from obsolete sheen ‘beautiful, resplendent’; apparently related to the verb shine.
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