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# sheen

«sheen» in Mova's school dictionary: **a soft shine or gloss on a surface, such as silk, fur or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (sheen, sheens)

### meaning for a pupil

Sheen is a soft shine or gloss on a surface, such as silk, fur or feathers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheen/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales the light or shine on a bird's feathers, a gold cage or a shining object; describes how bright something looks

### examples

- Its feathers blaze with a golden sheen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheen/#x1)
- The horse's coat had a silky sheen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheen/#x2)
- The light off the shield made a sheen on the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheen/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sheen» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheen/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.