sheen

Definitions

1. Splendor; radiance; shininess.
   also, countable, figuratively, uncountable
2. The letter ش in the Arabic script.
3. shine, glow, radiance
4. An area of Greater London, officially East Sheen.
5. A thin layer of a substance (such as oil) spread on a solid or liquid surface.
   countable, uncountable
6. brightness, brilliance, shininess, éclat
7. A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England, on the border with Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1161).
8. sheen, luster, gleam, glitter, gloss, sparkle, glistening, glint
9. A surname.
10. first-person singular present indicative of brillar

Equivalents

Examples

“There is a greenish sheen across the shoulders of his greasy black suit⟳, for the morning light⟳ has of a sudden begun to dance⟳ through the bay window.”

“Mr. Leerhsen said in an interview that he wanted to write⟳ a book without the dutiful sheen of what he called “an official Bourdain product.””

“oil sheen”

“Perhaps the simplest of sauces is the pat of butter dropped on a heap of hot vegetables, or stirred into rice or noodles, or drawn across the surface of an omelet or steak to give⟳ a sheen.”

“Take⟳ the floating scum or oil sheen prohibitions. A discharger or an inspector simply can look⟳ to see⟳ if scum, or an oil sheen, is coming from a particular discharge. Assume⟳ an oil sheen begins at a discharge—is the sheen caused by that […]”

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