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sheen

1

[ sheen ]

noun

  1. luster; brightness; radiance.
  2. gleaming attire.


adjective

verb (used without object)

  1. Scot. and North England. to shine.

Sheen

2

[ sheen ]

noun

  1. Fulton (John), 1895–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman, writer, and teacher.

sheen

/ ʃː /

noun

  1. a gleaming or glistening brightness; lustre
  2. poetic.
    splendid clothing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. rare.
    shining and beautiful; radiant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԲ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • fܱ adjective
  • l adjective
  • l adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sheen1

First recorded before 900; (adjective) Middle English sheene “beautiful, bright, shining,” Old English ŧԱ; cognate with German ö; (verb) Middle English s(c)henen, derivative of the adjective; (noun) derivative of the adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sheen1

Old English sciene; related to Old Norse ōԾ white horse, Gothic skauns beautiful, Old High German ōԾ bright
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Synonym Study

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Example Sentences

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You can take that idea and run with it—maybe a glaze that incorporates whole cherries, or one made from reduced pomegranate juice that finishes the ham with a jewel-like sheen.

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Santa Monica High School’s Chamber Orchestra brought a lovely, lyric sheen to Mahler’s string orchestra arrangement of Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” string quartet.

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The weeks leading up to Sunday’s show saw Hollywood’s Biggest Night shaping up to be Hollywood’s Biggest Mess, after a string of controversies big and small tarnished some of the ceremony’s glitzy sheen.

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Tharp’s “In the Room” was sheer exuberance, Nearly four decades later, Tharp hardly seems to have slowed down her dance, but ”Aquas” does have a statelier sheen.

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Concerns about personal privacy, election interference, exploitative labor practices and the toxic effects of social media scraped much of the sheen off the tech industry and its shiny gadgets, especially among Democrats.

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