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- [sheen]
- /ʃin/
- /ʃiːn/
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- [sheen]
- /ʃin/
Definitions of sheen word
- noun sheen Fulton (John) 1895–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman, writer, and teacher. 1
- abbreviation SHEEN shining. 1
- adjective sheen beautiful. 1
- verb without object sheen Scot. and North England. to shine. 1
- abbreviation SHEEN shine 1
- noun sheen superficial attractiveness 1
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Origin of sheen
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (adj.) Middle English sheene beautiful, bright, shining, Old English scēne; cognate with German schön; (v.) Middle English s(c)henen, derivative of the adj.; (noun) derivative of the adj.
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Parts of speech for Sheen
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sheen popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sheen usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sheen
noun sheen
- afterglow — The afterglow is the glow that remains after a light has gone, for example after the sun has gone down.
- candescence — glowing; incandescent.
- daytime — The daytime is the part of a day between the time when it gets light and the time when it gets dark.
- gaudiness — brilliantly or excessively showy: gaudy plumage.
- glaze — to furnish or fill with glass: to glaze a window.
verb sheen
- burnish — To burnish the image of someone or something means to improve their image.
- lustered — having or finished with a luster.
- lustering — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- glance — to look quickly or briefly.
- glisten — to reflect a sparkling light or a faint intermittent glow; shine lustrously.
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