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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. reflecting light;
- Example: "glistening bodies of swimmers"
- Example: "the horse's glossy coat"
- Example: "lustrous auburn hair"
- Example: "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"
- Example: "shining white enamel"
[syn: glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining]

2. having a shiny surface or coating;
- Example: "glazed fabrics"
- Example: "glazed doughnuts"
[syn: glazed, shiny]

3. made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow;
- Example: "bright silver candlesticks"
- Example: "a burnished brass knocker"
- Example: "she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves"
- Example: "rows of shining glasses"
- Example: "shiny black patents"
[syn: bright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shiny \Shin"y\, a. [Compar. Shinier; superl. Shiniest.]
   Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
   [1913 Webster]

         Like distant thunder on a shiny day.     --Dryden.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shiny
    adj 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" [syn: glistening, glossy,
           lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining]
    2: having a shiny surface or coating; "glazed fabrics"; "glazed
       doughnuts" [syn: glazed, shiny] [ant: unglazed]
    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" [syn: bright, burnished, lustrous,
       shining, shiny]