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sheening

sheening is the present participle and gerund of sheen.

Meaning of sheen

Verb

sheen (third-person singular simple present sheens, present participle sheening, simple past and past participle sheened)

  1. (intransitive, poetic, rare) To shine; to glisten.
    • This town, / That, sheening far, celestial seems to be.1812, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC...

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Questions about sheening

What is sheening the present participle and gerund of?
Sheening is the present participle and gerund of sheen.

Words near sheening in the dictionary

  1. sheenful
  2. sheenie
  3. sheenier
  4. sheenies
  5. sheeniest
  6. sheening
  7. sheenless
  8. sheenlessness
  9. sheenly
  10. sheens
  11. sheeny

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