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sheens

sheens is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 sheens

What is sheens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sheens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sheen.

Words near sheens in the dictionary

  1. sheeniest
  2. sheening
  3. sheenless
  4. sheenlessness
  5. sheenly
  6. sheens
  7. sheeny
  8. sheep
  9. sheep crab
  10. sheep creep
  11. sheep dog

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