verb · intransitive · rare

sheen

sheen · sheens · sheened · sheening

To shine; to glistenTo shine; to glisten.

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/ʃiːn/

» Silk is known for its natural sheen.

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Meaning

1 senses

(poetic, rare)To shine; to glisten.
блесте́тьblestétʹ

Examples

3 sentences

Silk is known for its natural sheen.
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The thin layer of oil at the top of the soup produced a mesmerizing sheen.
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Asked if he was bipolar, Charlie Sheen replied that he was "bi-winning."
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Origin

From Middle English shene, schene, from Old English sċīene (“beautiful, fair, bright, bril

From Middle English shene, schene, from Old English sċīene (“beautiful, fair, bright, brilliant, light”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz (“beautiful”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-.

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Forms

sheens, sheening, sheened, sheened

Base form	sheen · to sheen
3rd person singular	sheens
Present participle	sheening
Past simple	sheened
Past participle	sheened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	sheen
he, she, it	sheens

Past simpleLesson

all persons

sheened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have sheened
he, she, it	has sheened

Future simple (will)Lesson