shiny
part of speech
adjective (shiny, shinier, shiniest)
meaning for a pupil
1) Shiny means smooth and bright, so it reflects light and seems to shine. tree →
2) Shiny can mean new and clean-looking. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, shiny materials like metals, mirrors and polished surfaces reflect light well; dull materials do not. «Shiny» is a property used to describe and sort materials (shiny/dull). Metals are usually shiny. In stories, a shiny object can tempt a character (magpies are said to love shiny things). Phrases: «bright and shiny», «shiny new», «shiny surface», «shiny coin».
examples
- The new bike was red and shiny. tree →
- Metals are usually shiny. tree →
- Sort the materials into shiny and dull. tree →
- She polished her shoes until they were shiny. tree →
- A shiny coin lay on the pavement. tree →
- The beetle had a shiny green back. tree →
- Shiny surfaces reflect light. tree →
- His hair looked shiny after the bath. tree →
- "I suppose they are of shiny leather?" asked the old lady. tree →
note
Spelling: shine → shiny (drop the e, add y). Comparative shinier, superlative shiniest. Opposite: dull, matt. A shiny surface is not always a light source; it only reflects light, like the Moon.
In the corpora
- In the park you spot a bush covered in shiny berries, red and juicy like sweets.
- Copper slowly reacts with air and goes dull brown; vinegar with a pinch of salt makes a dull coin shiny again.
- A shiny glaze, which is a thin coat of glass, makes a mug waterproof.
- Metals are shiny, they ring when you strike them, and they can be bent and hammered into shape without shattering.
- A snake's skin is dry and smooth, not slimy; it looks shiny because of its scales.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «shiny» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.