Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913 Sheen /shēn/ · IPA /ʃiːn/ a. v. i. n. 01 a. Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny. 1. Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny.[R., except in poetry.] “This holy maiden, that is so bright and sheen.” — Chaucer. “Up rose each warrier bold and brave, Glistening in filed steel and armor sheen.” — Fairfax. 02 v. i. To shine; to glisten. 1. To shine; to glisten.[Poetic] “This town, That, sheening far, celestial seems to be.” — Byron. 03 n. Brightness; splendor; glitter. 1. Brightness; splendor; glitter.