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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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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.
Sheen is a noun meaning luster, brightness, or radiance, or an adjective meaning shining or beautiful. It can also be a verb meaning to shine, or a name of a person or a place.
Definition of sheen noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
Synonyms for SHEEN: gleam, lustre, glow, glint, glare, gloss, luster, shine; Antonyms of SHEEN: dullness, flatness, dimness, dulness, drabness, dirtiness, grayness, paleness
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
Sep 27, 2024 · Learn the meaning, pronunciation, and etymology of the word sheen in English. Sheen can be an adjective, noun, or verb, and also the letter ش in Arabic.
