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# shiny

«shiny» in Mova's school dictionary: **smooth and bright, so it reflects light and seems to shine** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (shiny, shinier, shiniest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Shiny means smooth and bright, so it reflects light and seems to shine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiny/#m1)

2) Shiny can mean new and clean-looking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiny/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, shiny materials like metals, mirrors and polished surfaces reflect light well; dull materials do not. «Shiny» is a property used to describe and sort materials (shiny/dull). Metals are usually shiny. In stories, a shiny object can tempt a character (magpies are said to love shiny things). Phrases: «bright and shiny», «shiny new», «shiny surface», «shiny coin».

### examples

- The new bike was red and shiny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiny/#x1)
- Metals are usually shiny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiny/#x2)
- Sort the materials into shiny and dull. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiny/#x3)
- She polished her shoes until they were shiny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiny/#x4)
- A shiny coin lay on the pavement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiny/#x5)
- The beetle had a shiny green back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiny/#x6)
- Shiny surfaces reflect light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiny/#x7)
- His hair looked shiny after the bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiny/#x8)
- "I suppose they are of shiny leather?" asked the old lady. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiny/#x9)

### note

Spelling: shine → shiny (drop the e, add y). Comparative shinier, superlative shiniest. Opposite: dull, matt. A shiny surface is not always a light source; it only reflects light, like the Moon.

### In the corpora

- [In the park you spot a bush covered in shiny berries, red and juicy like sweets.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/392-poisonous-plants-to-stay-away-from-berries-foxglove-yew-and-nightshade/0/)
- [Copper slowly reacts with air and goes dull brown; vinegar with a pinch of salt makes a dull coin shiny again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change/12/)
- [A shiny glaze, which is a thin coat of glass, makes a mug waterproof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/30-glass-and-pottery/6/)
- [Metals are shiny, they ring when you strike them, and they can be bent and hammered into shape without shattering.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/31-metals-what-theyre-good-for/2/)
- [A snake's skin is dry and smooth, not slimy; it looks shiny because of its scales.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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