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Shiny Common

Shiny has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

Anything shiny; a trinket.

"He spent his allowance collecting every piece of shiny from the beach, filling his jar with seashells and broken glass."

Adjective
1

reflecting light

"glistening bodies of swimmers"

"the horse's glossy coat"

"lustrous auburn hair"

"saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"

"shining white enamel"

2

having a shiny surface or coating

"glazed fabrics"

"glazed doughnuts"

3

made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

"bright silver candlesticks"

"a burnished brass knocker"

"she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves"

"rows of shining glasses"

"shiny black patents"

4

Reflecting light.

"The newly polished silver spoon was so shiny that it caught and reflected every beam of sunlight in the kitchen."

Example Sentences
"glistening bodies of swimmers" adjective
"the horse's glossy coat" adjective
"lustrous auburn hair" adjective
"saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet" adjective
"shining white enamel" adjective
"glazed fabrics" adjective
"glazed doughnuts" adjective
"bright silver candlesticks" adjective
"a burnished brass knocker" adjective
"she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves" adjective
Antonyms
unglazed
Rhyming Words
winy tiny piny miny viny briny bliny whiny pliny veiny spiny rainy painy twiny hominy geminy taminy aspiny jiminy resiny
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