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Shab n A cutaneous disease in sheep; scab or scabies. 2. a low fellow, afflicted with scabs.
Shabbily adv
Shabbiness n
Shabby adj Threadbare, ragged, soiled, defaced, as from hard use. 2. characterized by worn or defaced garments. 3. mean, paltry.
Shabbyish adj
Shack n Grain fallen or shaken from the ear of a plant, used for the feeding of pigs, poultry etc after the harvest. 2. a supply of fallen grain for this purpose; mast. 3. a residue of barley. 4. stubble. 5. a catch of miscellaneous unsorted fish. 6. bait pick up from the sea, as dead fish, birds; distinguished from fresh or live bait. 7. an idle, a disrepute fellow.
Shackle n A fetter, chain, hobble.
Shackle vb to confine with fetters or shackles.
Shackle-bolt n A bolt for closing a shackle. 2. a bolt with a shackle at its end.
Shackle-bone n The wrist.
Shackled adj Confined or restricted by shackles.
Shackledom n Imprisonment, incarceration, detention, jailing. 2. marriage (jocular).
Shackleless adj That has no shackles, or is not in shackles.
Shackling n Idling, loafing, bulging, dissipation.
Shackling n One confined by shackles.
Shad n Any one of several species of food fish that make up the genus Alosa (Clupidae) to which the herring belongs.
Shad-berry n The shadbush or its fruit.
Shad-blow n (USA) So called because its flowers bloom (on the shadbush) when the shad first appear in rivers each spring.
Shade n Comparative obscurity owing to interruption of the rays of light. 2. an obscure place, a spot not exposed to light. 3. a hidden or unseen retreat. 4. darkness, obscurity. 5. that which shelters from light or the direct rays of the sun. 6. that which protects from the heat of the sun or wind. 7. a screen, a protecting shelter, cover. 8. the soul after its departure from the body; so called because the ancients thought it perceptible to sight, though not touch it. 9. a spirit, ghost, phantom, a shade. 10. a darker portion of a picture or artwork; a degree of variation of color, as darker or lighter. 11. minute variation of thought, belief, opinion, expression; anything which distinguishes from an other similar thing by slight variation. 12. "The Shades": the abode of souls after leaving the body: Hades, Hell.
Shade vb Becloud, bedarken, cloud over, dim out, darken, block out.
Shade phr "Put in the Shade" - appear to be very superior to a person or thing.
Shaded adj Being in the shade; not in direct light. 2. having a slight color added (of a diagram or picture) or being slighty darkened as if in the shade.
Shadeful adj Full of shade; shady.
Shade-house n A green house used to provide plants with shade in a hot climate.
Shadeless adj Without shade; exposed, not sheltered from the sun. 2. in a without shade way, without shades or color.
Shadelessly adv In a shadeless way; exposed without shelter.
Shade-like adj Resembling or characteristic of a shade.
Shad-fly n An American, Canadian insect (mayfly)- so called because it usually appears at the time when the the shad begins to run in the rivers.
Shad frog n An American spotted frog (Rana helicus)- so called because it usually appears at the time when the the shad begins to run in the rivers.
Shadily adv In a shady manner; particularly used in the sense of untrustworthy.
Shadiness n The property or quality of being shady.
Shading n The representation of light and shade, e.g. by penciled lines, on a map or drawing. 2. the graduation of tones from light to dark to create a sense of depth. 3. interception of light , tinting or lining a picture , or drawing to show parts in relief.
Shadow n An place without illumination; darkness. 2. something existing in perception or something refuge from danger or observation. 3. a dominating or pervasive presence. 4. a spy employed to follow someone and report their movement. 5. an inseparable companion. 6. darkness, shade, obscurity, shaded place, shelter, protection, security. 7. a reflected image, as in a mirror or water. 8. a spirit, ghost, apparition, phantom, uninvited guest. 9. an adumbration, dimming body, a mystical form. 10. a small degree: a shade. Nb: Shade differs from shadow as it implies no particular form of definite limit. One speaks of the shade of a tree, we have no reference to it's form; but if one speaks of measuring a pyramid or other thing by it's shadow, we have definite knowledge of it's form and extent.
Shadow vb To follow, usually without the persons knowledge. 2. cast a shadow over, shade, shadow. 3. to make appear small by comparison; overshadow, dwarf. 4. to cast off light from, put in shade. 5. throw shadow over. 6. overspread with obscurity, shroud. 7. conceal hide, screen. 8. to protect, shelter, from danger 8. to make graduation or light, to shade. 9. to adumbrate, to represent faintly or with imperfection. 10. to cloud, darken, cast in gloom. 11. to follow and watch closely, as a detective a criminal.
Shadow phr "Old Sins Have Long Shadows" - past misdeeds are liable to return to haunt a person.
Shadow phr "Shadow of Death" -darkness and gloom with a feeling of impending of death.
Shadow-adder n A serpent lurking in shady places; fig. " a snake in the grass."
Shadow-box n A wall-mounted display box.
Shadowcast n The performance of a film by a group of amateurs at the time as it is screening.
Shadow casting n The generation of shadows for a 3-dimensional model????.
Shadower n A spy, one who follows others to keep watch upon their actions. 2. private detective.
Shadowily adv In shadowy manner.
Shadowiness n The state or property of being shadowy or indistinct. 2. a lack of precision or substance.
Shadowing n The effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission. 2. the situation where an individual repeats speech immediately as they hear it (usually through earphones). 3. (espionage) secretly or discreetly tracking or following someone, keeping under surveillance. 4. faint representation; an adumbration. 5. (computing) The technique of copying ROM contents to RAM to allow for shorter access times, the ROM chip is then disabled while the initialized memory locations are switched in on the same block of addresses. 5. (education) A work experience option where students learn about a job by walking through the work day as a shadow to a competent worker.
Shadowish adj Characterized by shadow, shadowiness, shadowy in look, feeling or umbrage.
Shadow-land n Land or abode of ghosts, spirits , phantom. 2. a place of shadow or shadows. 3. a gloomy unhappy place. 4. a border land between places.
Shadowless adj Without shadow or shadow
Shadow-play n An ancient form of story-telling and entertainment using opaque articulated figures in front of an illuminated back ground to create the illusion of moving images. 2. an asian form of drama where the shadows of flat cardboard figures with thing wires for manipulating the limbs are projected onto the screen.
Shadowy adj Like or having a shadow. 2. full of shadows serving to shade. 3. vague, indistinct, faintly representative. 4. spying, following, trailing, tracking.
Shady adj Full of shade, casting a shade. 2. shaded or sheltered. 3. morally questionable, dubious, suspicious. 4. quiet, hidden, unreal, fanciful.
Shady phr "A Bit on the Shady Side" - somewhat cunning, tricky, deceitful, not trustworthy
Shady phr "Keep Shady" - to stay hiding; keep out of the way. 2. to hide and protect (another).
Shady phr "On the Shady Side of" - older than; past the age of.
Shaft n In OE only: creation, origin. 2. make, shape, constitution, nature or species. 2. a creature, that which is created.
Shaft vb To equip with a shaft or long, narrow passage. 2. to defeat somebody through trickery or deceit.
Shaft phr "Get the Shaft" - be dismissed from employment. 2. abused or treated badly. 3. give somebody the ahaft.
Shaft bow n Part of a horse harness, an arch from shaft to shaft over the horse's shoulders.
Shafted adj Fitted with a shaft. 2. (heraldry, of a spear) having a shaft and head of different tinctures. 3. (slang) cheated, screwed, scammed.
Shaft-horse n A horse which is harnessed between the shafts of a carriage.
Shafting n Shafts, collectively. 2. (engineering) a system of connected shafts for transmitting power to machinery and communicating motion. 3. material from which to make or cut shafts.
Shaftless adj Without a shaft.
Shaftlike ad Resembling or characteristic of a shaft.
Shaftman n A man who sinks a mine-shaft.
Shaftway n The vertical shaft in a building in which the elevator or a lift travels.
Shaftwork n (Engineering): shafts, collectively.
Shag n Rough matted hair, wool. 2. a mass of matted hair. 3. a collection of shredded bark. 4. long coarse cloth. 5. tangled mas of trees, foliage, shrubs. 6. rough or coarsely woven carpet. 7. of an unkempt or untidiness. 8. roughness and brutality of men (collectively).
Shagginess n The property or state of being shaggy or tousled. 2. having a rough growth of hair. 3. of hair coarse and abundant. 4. shaggedness.
Shaggy adj Long and unkempt of hair. 2. covered with rough, fuzzy hair or wool. 3. ragged, tousled, unkempt. 4. unkempt, unpolished said of manners.
Shake n A fissure in the earth or a rock; a fissure or crack in timber, caused by being dried to quickly. 2. roofing material, a shingle. 3. a frothy drink, as in a milkshake. 4. a grasp or shaking of a person's hand in an act of friendship, welcoming or congratulations. 5. a musical note that alternates rapidly with another note. 6. a tremulous tone. 7. a trembling of the body because of cold, fear, excitement. 8. a movement repeatedly from side to side. 9. a stirring or feeling of emotion.
Shake vb To get rid of: shake off. 2. to grasp or shake another hand in an act of friendship, welcoming or congratulation. 3. to shake one's finger, fist, head in order to communicate a feeling, such as greeting, anger, peace etc.
Shake phr "Give Somebody the Shake" - get rid of someone.
Shake phr "No Great Shakes" - not very good or significant. 2. of small account; of indifferent quality.
Shake phr "Off to a Shaky Start" - to begin hesitatingly and with uncertainty.
Shake phr "Shake a Cloth In the Wind" - be a bit tipsy, but not really drunk.
Shake phr "Shake a Foot" - dance.
Shake phr "Shake and Bake" - something fast or easy to use or perform, as a simple crude object or action. 2. crude, unsophisticated, not professionally done, improvised.
Shake phr "Shake Down" - To cause something to fall down by shaking it, or something it is attached to. 2. to shake someone so money falls from their pockets. 3. (by extension) to get money from someone using threats. 4. to search exhaustively. 5. to subject something to a shakedown test.
Shake phr "Shake Hands" - to shake another person's hand, as an expression of greeting, welcome, agreement.
Shake phr "Shake In One's Shoes" - tremble with apprehension.
Shake phr "Shake It" - (slang): to dance.
Shake phr "Shake Like a Leaf" - to tremble with fear or cold, etc., shiver.
Shake phr "Shake Off" - to cause to move from side to side or up and down with jerky movements. 2. get rid of.
Shake phr "Shake off the Dust from One's feet" - to renounce, to have no more to do with a person or a project.
Shake phr "Shake One's Ass" - (slang)to perform a dance which has lots of movement of one's buttocks.
Shake phr "Shake One's Head" - move one's head from side to side to indicate disagreement, negation, disbelief, disapproval, or dismay.
Shake phr "Shake On It" - to agree, close a deal.
Shake phr "Shake Out" - empty by shaking. 2. spread or open a sail, flag by shaking.
Shake phr "Shake the Dust off One's Feet" - depart indignantly or disdainful.
Shake phr "Two Shakes of a Lamb's Tail" - very quickly.
Shake-down n Any makeshift bed, esp. one of straw. 2. a period or process of adjustment or change. 3. a forced contribution; an instance of extortion, a swindle, hoax, scam. 4. denote a voyage, flight, etc., to test new ship, aircraft, etc., and its crew. 5. a search of a person or place.
Shake-down adj For the purpose of adjusting parts or habituating people.
Shake-fork n A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork. 2. (heraldry) a pall, especially one which stops short of the edges of the shield and which has pointed ends.
Shake-hole n A steep-sided, often conical depression caused by sinking of ground into cavity beneath; may or may not contain a cave entrance and/or stream sinks swallow hole, swallet.
Shaken n The act of shaking, vibration, jolt. 2. a shock to the system as a result of illness. 3. a friendly grasping of the hands by two individuals as a token of goodwill and pleasure.
Shaken adj Weakened, agitated, cracked.
Shake-off n Move or remove by agitating, vacillating or wavering. 2. rapid motion one way or another.
Shakenly adv In a shaken or nervous manner.
Shakenness n The quality of being shaken.
Shake-out n A situation where many investors exit their position, often at a loss or an uncertainty or recent bad news circulating about a particular security or industry.
Shake-over n To frisk; to search by feeling for concealed weapons.
Shakes n "The Shakes": fever, ague, cold or flu.
Shake-up n An upheaval or drastic reorganization in a business etc.
Shakeworthy adj (Of a hand, hands): worthy to be shaken of a person or one whose life has been dedicated to the betterment of his fellow human and the lessening of suffering.
Shakily adv In a shaky manner.
Shakiness n
Shakingly adv In a shaking manner, shakily.
Shaky adj Shaking, full of cracks, unsound. 2. unsteady, in firmed, unreliable. 3. unsound, infirm (a shaky hand).
Shale n In wider meaning: a thing that separate. 2. a shell, husk, esp. the shell or outer covering of a nut, which encloses the kernel. 3. a pod of peas or beans. 4. an example of something without value, valueless. 5. scales of a fish. 6. shavings of metal. 7 mesh of a net. 8. collection or pile of loose ore. 9. a dish goblet, cup. 10. finely-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated and often of a friable structure.
Shale vb To shell or husk .
Shaley adj Pertaining to, or resembling shale in some aspect.
Shalk n Originally a servant in alliterative poetry and one of the synonyms for a man, man -- sometimes used in a contemptuous way. Second element in the word 'marshal.' ?
Shall vb OE: I am obliged to owe, be under obligation for, to be obliged, must. 2. as an auxiliary indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking.
Shallow n ????A freshwater fish, commonly known as "The Rudd. "
Shallow n A shoal, a shallow spot in a river or sea, " The Shallows."
Shallow adj Lacking depth, not far from the top, shoaly. 2. lacking intellectual depth, not wise, profound or mentally sharp.
Shallow-brained n Empty-headed, silly.
Shallow-hearted adj Having no depth or feeling of compassion for others; superficial.
Shallowing n The act of becoming shallower.
Shallowish adj Somewhat shallow.
Shallowly adv Superficial, foolishly.
Shallow-minded adj Having no depth of intellect or thought. 2. shallow-brained
Shallowness n The condition or state of being shallow.
Shallow-read adj Reading few books or only those of popular appeal.
Shallow-rooted adj Having no depth of roots or a rooting system, as the eucalyptus tree. 2. having only shallow-dug foundation or base, (also fig.)
Shallows n "The Shallows." - a shallow spot in a river or sea.
Shallow-thoughted adj Examining matters on a superficial level only.
Shallow-witted adj Having no depth of intellectual or thought.
Shaly adj Resembling shale in some aspect.
Shamble ??? n In OE. a table or counter for offering goods for sale, counting money etc. 2. a footstool, a stool. 3. a place where meat, fish is sometimes sold. 4. a flesh or meat market. 5. slaughter-house, abattoirs. 6. a place of carnage, wholesale slaughter. 7. scene of disorder, devastation and sin; a mess. 8. the frame of wood that hangs over a shaft horse in a cart. 9. a shoal
Shamble vb To cut up and dispose of a corpse; to cut or slaughter in a shamble; to render shambled. 2. 3. ill-shaped, wry, distorted.
Shame n A painful emotion or sensation coming from or caused by an awareness of a lack, an inadequacy, a guilty feeling or impropriety which may damage reputation, or that which one may wish to conceal. 2. state of dishonor, disgrace, ignominy. 3. an unfortunate development, put-down, show-up, shyness. 4. reproach, incurred or suffered, dishonor, ignominy, persons state of being. 5. shame, shame-faced-ness, modesty.
Shame vb Compelled through a sense of shame; to be ashamed. 2. to be surpassed or beaten by wide margin. 3. to be made to feel ashamed. 4. to bring about in a person, a feeling of guilt or impropriety or behavior unfavorable to regulation. 5. to cover with reproach or ignominy. 6. to dishonor, disgrace, deride, mock, bring down, bring low, put down.
Shame phr "For Shame" - a reproof to a person for not showing shame.
Shame phr "Put to Shame" - disgrace or humiliate by revealing superior qualities etc.
Shame phr "Shame on You" - an expression of disapproval: you should be asahmed.
Shame phr "What a Shame" - how unfortunate.
Shamefast adj Bashful, modest, modest or virtuous in behavior and character. 2. in a deprecatory sense, shy, awkward in company, sheepish, shamefaced. 3. of action, behavior, appearances: shameful, modest, bashful. 4. ashamed, abashed, full of shame.
Shamefastly adv In a shamefaced manner.
Shamefastness n The state or quality of being modest, shy, bashful. 2. the state or being full of shame; shamefaced.
Shameful adj Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraced. 2. giving offense; disgraceful, scandalous, indecent.
Shamefulness n The state or quality of being shameful.
Shameless adj Impudent; brazen, immodest. 2. done without shame, indicating a want of decency. 3. infamous, unworthy, wicked. 4. unbecoming, indecent, untrustworthy.
Shamelessly adv In a shameful manner; without same; impudently..
Shamelessness n The state or characteristic of being shameless. 2. an utterance or action which is shameless.
Shamelike adj Resembling or characteristic of shame.
Shamepole n A totem pole set up to shame an individual for a misdeed or an unpaid debt.
Shamesome adj Characteristic or marked by shame.
Shameworthy adj Of which one ought to be shamed of.
Shaming n The activity by which somebody is shamed .
Shamingly adv In a shaming manner.
Shank n That part of the leg which extends from the knee to the ankle. 2. the tibia or shinbone. 3. the legs as whole (joc). 4. one's legs. 5. in animals, the lower part of the foreleg esp. the horse's between the knee and the fetlock; the tarsus of a bird; the tibia of some insects. 6. a part of a joint of meat, eg. in a ham, a leg of mutton. 7. a kind of fur obtained from the legs of kids, goats, sheep used for trimmings. 8. a stocking esp. a knitted one. 9. the legs as a triangle. 10. each of the two portions of a pair of scissors between the bows and the joints. 11. stem or straight part of anything, a goblet, a glass. 12. straight part of a nail, pin, drill between the head and the taper. 13. the stem of a plant; footstalk. 14. trunk of a tree. 15. stalk of a flower. 16. the body as distinguished from the shoulders, face and feet. 17. stem of a tobacco pipe. 18. the shaft of a column. 19. the stem of a chisel. 20. the tang of a knife. 21. fang of a tooth. 22. the projecting part of a hill, or narrow ridge, which like a stem, joins the mass level ground. 23. the latter end of anything; the remainder of last part of a thing, esp. in the phrase " the shank of the night" ; " the shank of life (shankdom)."
Shank vb To go on foot. walk, travel on foot. 2. to hit a golf ball on the bottom part of the club. 3. of a plant, to decay at the stem, or footstalk. 4. to sink a shaft. 5. to knit stockings.
Shank phr "Going by Shanks Mare" - walking; on foot.
Shank phr "Shank of the Evening" - twilight, dusk.
Shank-bone n Tibia, the shanker.
Shanked adj Having a shank. 2. (botany) affected by disease of the shank.
Shank's mare n One's own legs used for walking; walking to one's destination.
Shankweary adj Weary-legged.
Shape n OE: state, creation, creature, condition, fate, destiny, of the nature of what is decreed. 2. form, excellence of form, beauty. 3. species, kind; a creature. 4. phantom, a ghost, an ethereal, a figure dimly or uncertainty perceived. 5. sexual organs; the distinctive organs of either sex; the private parts of a female. 6 the visual appearance of someone or somebody. 7. the state of good health: "in good shape." 8. a perpetual structure, composition of music. 9. character or construction of a thing, it's outward look, figure, form, 10. embodiment in form, conception or thought; a concrete embodiment. 11. configuration, contour, body, human body, physical body, build, figure, physique, anatomy, frame, flesh, embodiment, model, lay-out, mold.
Shape vb To take shape, influence, give direction or direct. 2. make or mold something for a specific function. 3. to form, to assume a definite form, create, forge, mold. 4. to adapt for a purpose; to lay out. 5. to imagine, conceive, to call forth idea. 6. to design, prepare, plan, arrange. 7. to build or shape oneself, to prepare, make ready. 8. to hew, cut, sculpt, trim. 8. to put together, put up, set up, work out, get up, write, compose. 9. to knead, prepare, mold.
Shape phr "Knock into Shape" - make presentable or efficient.
Shape phr "Shape Up" - Of a person, to improve one's behavior, activities, attitude, etc. 2. of a situation or person, to develop satisfactorily. 3. to be prepared to fight someone
Shape phr "Shape Up or Ship Out"- either do properly what one is supposed to be doing or simply go away --- rather than doing it badly.
Shape phr "Shape Up Well" - be promising; show great promise.
Shape phr "Take Shape" - to have or assumed a definite form.
Shaped adj Having a defined external form or outline. 2. formed, resembling in shape; used in compounds, as in leaf-shaped, key-shaped.
Shapeless adj Without or lacking shape or form; amorphous. 2. deformed, ugly.
Shapelessly adv In a shapeless manner
Shapelessness n The property of being shapeless.
Shapeliness n Beauty of shape or outline.
Shapely adj Fit, likely, suitable. 2. of good or elegant shape,, appearance well-formed. 3. well proportioned; symmetrical; pleasing to form.
Shapen vb To shape, to form.
Shapend n A creator, maker, fabricator, manufacturer.
Shaper n The Creator, The Great Shaper, God. 2. one who fashions of shapes something.
Shape-shifter n Mythical creature who can change form, such as Proteus or Odin.
Shapesmith n A corset maker (jocular). 2. a fitness trainer (jocular).
Shape-up n To improve; correct one's bad habits. 2. transform into, morph.
Shapewear n Women's tight-fitting underwear intended to control and shape the figure.
Shaping n The action of the verb 'to shape"
Shapish adj Of somewhat good or elegant shape or formed.
Shard n A cleft, gap. 2. a gap in an enclosure, esp in a hedge. 2. (a) water(way) which divides. 3. a gap or notch in the blade of a tool. 4. fragments, remnant of something worn or decayed. 5. a broken piece of brittle substance or fragment, as of a earthen vessel. 6. a hard, thin, or a wing cover of an insect. 7. shell, scales of a dragon. 8. cow-dung.
Shard vb Of a tree: to shed it's bark or sharding.
Sharded vb Of a serpent, caterpillars: scaly, ecdysis, shedding, casting off. 2. reduced to shards, fragments. 3. of the moon: reduced to a crescent.
Sharding n The breaking into shards. 2. a decomposition of a database into a smaller units that can handle handle requests indivdually.
Shardlike adj Resembling or characteristic of a shard.
Shardy adj Hving, or consisting of, shards.
Share n The iron blade in a plow which cuts the ground and the bottom of a furrow: plough-share.
Share n The division or fork of a body. 2. the pubic region or groin.
Share n Assets belonging to an individual, person or group. 2. any (equal)portions into which something is divided. 3. a part played by an individual in bringing about a result. 4. a sharp steel wedge of a plowshare that breaks up the soil's top layer, so that the seed can be sown.
Share vb To have something in common, eg. children, an interest, a house as tenants. 2. to use jointly, individually, together or in common. 3. to have, give out as one's portion or share. 4. communicate an idea, a thought, or incident. 5. to part among two or more, to distribute in portions; to divide. 6. to partake of, use or experience with others. 7. to take and possess in common. 8. to cut, shear, cleave or divide.
Share phr "Share a Bed" - (euphemistic): to engage in share activity with someone.
Share phr "Share and Share Alike" -(idiomatic) for members of a group, equal portions of or equal access to tangible or intangible goods, entitlements, or obligations—i.e., each person's share like each of the other shares. 2.(law) equal rights to or equal portions of profits, assets, bequests, or other valuable items legally owed to investors, partners, beneficiaries, or other named associates
Share phr "Share Out" - to share evenly.
Share-beam n The part of a plow to which the share is attached.
Share-bone n The pubis bone.
Sharebroker n A broker who deals in financial shares.
Sharecrop n To participate in a financial arrangement in which a tenant farmer pays for use of land with a share (part) of a crop raised on that land.
Sharecropper n A person who enters an agreement with a land owner to farm the land and then pays a portion (share) of produce as rent. 2. one who sharecrops.
Sharecropping n The system where a tenant farmer, especially in the southern US. farms the land in exchange for portion of the crop.
Shared adj Used by multiple entities, or for multiple purposes or in multiple ways,
Share herd vb To care for livestock that belongs to someone else, in exchange for percentage of the profit or offspring. 2. to work as a shareholder.
Share-herder n One cares for livestock that belongs to someone else, in exchange for percentage of the profit or offspring.
Share-herding n The caring for livestock that belongs to someone else, in exchange for percentage of the profit or offspring
Shareholder n An owner of shares in a company. 2. one who by virtue of possessing a share (or shares) in a company etc. is entitled to share in the profits
Shareholding n The owning of shares in a company.
Share-house n A house shared by several persons (but not as a family unit).
Shareland n A region of arable land divided into sections and farmed by different persons.
Shareless adj Without a share.
Share-milk n Milk produced by share farming in dairy farming in which the owners of cattle move them between different farms.
Share-milker n One who participates in a share-milking co-operative.
Share-milking n A system of co-operation whereby milk is produced by share farming in dairy farming in which the owners of cattle move them between different farms.
Sharemonger n A person who rallies a group to a join a house-share (share-house) at a beach or in the countryside, then must hound his friends to pay their part of the rent while wrangling the property owner and juggling house members' changing weekend requests.
Share-out n An act of sharing out; a distribution.
Shareowner n A shareholder.
Share-owning n A person who owns shares in various types of share-owning schemes.
Sharesman n A member of the crew of a fishing vessel, who has a share in the profit instead of receiving wages.
Shareware n Computing software that is available free of charge and often distributed informally for evaluation , after which a fee is requested for continued use.
Sharewort n Starwort, harwort, (grey); hoarwort.
Sharing n Something shaved.
Sharingness n The quality of being sharing.
Sharn n Dung, especially of cattle.
Sharnbud n The dung-beetle, from "budde" ---beetle.
Sharp adj Clearly defined, as in a photo. 2. ending in a sharp point, acute, acute, needle-like. 3. having the ability to recognize a sharp distinction, insightive. 4. showing hard-headed, down-to-earthness smartness. 5. intelligent, shrewd, astute, keen in perception, quick to discern, penetrating, clever, sagacious. 6. keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interest; close and exact in dealings with others. 7. in speech or language harsh, sharp-worded, acerbic, biting, cutting, sarcastic, cruel. 8. very hard or severe upon other's feelings; sharp, rigorous, severe in rebuke. 9. extremely steep, precipitous. 10. high in pitch, sharp note or tone. 11. keen or painfully felt. 12. quick and forceful; keen in quest; impatient.
Sharp adv Suddenly in change, direction, amount or degree.
Sharp phr "To Look Sharp" - to appear eager; to be on one's guard. 2. to move or act quickly.
Sharp phr "Sharp as a Needle" - quick-witted; having plenty of perception.
Sharp-elbowed adj Pushy; having a boldly assertive manner intended to established an advantage. 2. possessing narrow, bony rather pointed elbow.
Sharpen vb To make or become sharp. 2. give a keen edge or fine point to. 3. to make more eager or intelligent. 4. to make more tart or with more acidity. 5. (music): to raise a semi-tone.
Sharp-end n (Jocular) a bow of a ship. 2. (colloquial) the scene of a direct action or decision.
Sharpened adj Having a sharp point or edge.
Sharpener n A device for make something sharp. 2. a device that puts a sharpper point on a pencil. 4. (fig) that which make something sharp.
Sharp-eyed adj Having acute vision. 2. having good eyesight. 3. very observant.
Sharpish adj Fairly sharp.
Sharpish adv Fairly sharp; quite quickly.
Sharp-looking n Having the appearance of smartness. 2. emaciated.
Sharpness n Quick and penetrating intelligence. 2. an urgent attribute in one's voice tone. 3. a strong odor or taste; a pungency. 4. a keen and painful feeling. 5. a thinness of edge; a fineness of point. 6. a harshness of manner, asperity.
Sharp-nosed adj Having a pointed nose. 2. possessed of a keen sense of smell.
Sharp-set adj Eager or keen for food, hungry, ravenous. 2. having a desire fixed upon craving. 3. having a craving for sexual indulgence. 4. eager and ready to attack. 5. set at a sharp angle; prepared like a saw cutting.
Sharpship n Rigor, hardship: to be sharp or hard upon others in criticism or censure.
Sharp-shod adj Pertaining to horse-shoes with sharp spikes for use in ice-bound surfaces.
Sharp-shooter n A person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a highly skilled marksman.
Sharp-sighted adj Quick and acute of sight. 2. having acuteness of mental vision, discernment or understanding; acuity.
Sharp-sightedness n The sense of an acute vision or sight.
Sharp-tongued adj Having an acrid or bitter wit. Often said of someone skilled at or given to caustic, insulting or belittling others.
Sharp-witted adj Clever; keen of perception and intellect, swift of thought; thought-swift. 2. having an acute, discening mind.
Sharp-wittedly adv In a sharp-witted manner.
Sharp-wittedness n The state or property of being sharp-witted.
Shave n A thin slice or shaving. 2. a cutting of the beard. 3. the operation of shaving. 4. exorbitant discount of price. 5. a hand tool consisting of a sharp blade, with a handle at each end. 6. the act of passing near, so as to almost touch or graze. 7. the act of swindling or extorting money, shaving.
Shave vb OE. sceafan: to scrape, shave, polish, cut, hack. 2. to use s razor to remove the beard. 3. to cut the hair closely. 4. to strip, steal or plunder someone of money or possessions. 5. to be hard in bargaining, extort, cheat, cut the price of. 6. strip, plunder, steal. 7. to cut in thin slices. 8. to touch the surface lightly, skim along the surface.
Shave phr "A Near Shave" - a narrow escape from some danger.
Shave-foam n Shaving cream.
Shave-hook n A tool for scraping metals, consisting of a sharp-edged triangular steel plate attached to a shank and handle.
Shave-ice n Any of the various desserts that include finely crushed or shaved ice and sweet syrup.
Shaveless adj Without a shave.
Shaveling n Someone with all or part of their head shaved, notably a tonsured clergyman or monk(often in derogatory terms). 2. a stripling; a young man physically ripe enough to shave.
Shaven adj Having been shaved.
Shaver n One who shaves. 2. a barber, whose occupation is to shave customers. 3. a tool or machine for shaving. 4. an electric razor.
Shavetail n (slang) a fleecer, scammer, grister. 2. pillager, plunderer, spoiler. 3. a newly-commissioned military officer. 4. a lad, boy, little fellow.
Shavewort n Plant of the genus Equisetum, horsetail, shave-grass, shave-rush, shaveweed.
Shaving n The act of shaving. That which is shaved off. 3. the process of rendering various materials perfectly flat and free from irregularities by means of a shaving knife. 4. a thin strip cut off the surface of wood etc. 2. something used in the shaving of the face.
Shaw n A thicket, a small wood, copse or grove. 2. a strip of wood or underwood forming the border of a field.
Shaw n The stalks and leaves of potatoes, turnips. (a variant of the word 'show').
Shaw vb To fence or border (a field) with a shaw.
Shawy adj Abounding in shaws, woody.
She pr Things female or of the female sex. 2. the female person or being previously mentioned or understood, in the nominative case. 4. that woman or female: any woman 5. an object designated or personified as feminine; things regarded as female ( a ship).
She pfx Female, feminine in hyphenated compounds.
She phr "She Could Be Your Mother" - said to a young man in a romantic relationship with a much older woman.
She phr "She'll Be Apples" - everything will be all right, O.K.
She phr "She'll be Right" - everything will be O.K.
Sheading n O.E. sceadan: to divide. one of the six political division of the Isle of Man
She-shed n Woman cave
Sheaf n A quantity of stalks of cut grain or the like, bound together; a bundle of straw. 2. any collection of things, as papers held together by a band or tie. 3. the quiver full of arrows carried by an archer -- usu. 4. a bale, bindle, bundle, faggot, quiver, truss.
Sheaf vb Make into sheaves; to sheave.
Sheafless adj Without as sheaf or sheave.
Sheaf-like adj Resembling a sheaf or some aspect of one.
Sheaf-wise adj In sheaves or bundles.
Sheafy adj Pertaining to, consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves. 2. resembling a sheaf.
Shear n An edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it.
Shear vb O.E. cut through with a weapon, divide, shave. To deviate, sheer, to cut, clip, or sever a thing with shears or similar instrument, to shear or to shear a fleece a sheep. 2. to reap grain or other similar crops. 3. to deprive of property. 4. to separate or remove with shears or a like instrument. 5. to cut off or clip from the surface.
Shearer n A workman who shears for a living.
Shearing n The operation or clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth. 2 the product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine. 3. the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth. 4. (Scotland) the act or operation of reaping. 5. the act or operation of dividing with shears. 6. the shearing of metal plates. 7. the process of preparing shear steel; tilting. 8. (mining) the process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal
Shearing adj Tending to cut or tear.
Shear-line n A line which separates regions of differing wind velocity.
Shearling n A sheep only once sheared.
Shearman n One who shears sheep or cuts evenly the pile of cloth
Shears n Any large cutting or clipping instrument worked by crossing or cutting edges. 2. the ways or guides, as of a lathe. 3. an apparatus for hoisting and moving heavy objects.
Shear-steel n A steel suitable for shears, scythes, and other cutting instruments.
Shear strength n The resistance to forces that cause or tend to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relative to each other in a direction parallel to their contrast.
Shear-tail n Any of various hummingbirds with forked tails.
Shear-wall n (In architecture)an element of a wall that resists lateral shear on a building.
Shearwater n A seabird allied to the fulmars and petrels.
Shear-wave n (Physics a wave that changes the medium through which it travels to change its shape but not its volume or density .
Sheat-fish n (O.E. sceota; trout) A catfish (Siluris glanis) of the fresh waters of central and eastern Europe. It is the largest freshwater fish in Europe.
Sheath n A protective cover/covering, especially for the blade of a knife or sword; a case or holder for a knife or sword. 2. a condom. 3. an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant. 4. the protective cover around an electric cable. 5. a close-fitting dress.
Sheath vb To put into a sheath; to gather and bind into a sheath, as in to sheaf wheat. 2. to plunge a sword into flesh, as if into a sheath. 3. to encase or protect with a covering, as the hull of a ship with metal. 4. to draw in as claws.
Sheath phr "Sheath the Sword" - to make peace
Sheathing n Something that wraps around or surrounds something, as a sheath encases its blade.
Sheath-knife n A knife with a fixed blade that fits in a sheath to protect the knife and its owner.
Sheathless adj Without a sheath.
Sheathlike n Resembling or characteristic of a sheath.
Sheath-winged adj Of insects that have wings enclosed in a sheath; coleopterous.
Sheathy adj Forming or resembling a sheath or case; sheath-like.
Sheave vb To gather and bind in a sheaf; sheave.
Sheave n Slice of bread. 2. a slice; a shaving.
Sheaved adj Of straw, made into a sheaf.
She-bear n A female bear.
She-bitch n A cruel and fearsome woman.
She-cat n A female (adult) cat.
Shed n Distinction, discrimination, separation (of one thing from another). 2. the faculty of discerning, or distinguishing. 2. something being shed or fallen as "a shed of snow." 3. a slope of a hill, decline, escarpment, gradient, run-off; as in watershed (lit and fig.)
Shed n A small low building, often with its sides or front open. 2. a lean-to 3. any building used for storage made from tin; sometimes a temporary covering. 4. a store-house barn.
Shed vb To fall in drops; to pour out in drops. 2. to let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering. 3. to drop leaves, branches. 4. to get rid of, dismiss, sack, let go, release. 5. to shed or spill blood. 6. to cause or allow a substance to flow, spill or run out. 7. to cast off hair, fur, skin, feathers or other coverings like certain animals: to molt, exuviate, slough. 8. to emit, diffuse, cause to flow or pour out, as the sun sheds light. 9. to sprinkle, intersperse, to cause: her hair was shed with grey.
Shed phr "Shed Blood" - to kill.
Shed phr "Shed a Tear" - cry, release tear due to sadness.
Shed phr "Shed Light Upon" - illuminate to the understanding, make intelligible; to clarify or explain something unknown.
Shed phr "Shed Out" - to move (sheep who have lambed) to better pasture.
Shedded adj Having, or covered by, a shed.
She-devil n A woman whose bad temper, cruelty or wicked ways are so extreme as to evoke an image of the devil. 2. (literally): a female devil.
Shedding n The act of shedding, separating, or casting.
Shedful adj As much as a shed can hold.
Shedhand n Australia and New Zealand: an unskilled assistant in a shearing shed.
Shedless n Without a shed.
Shedlike adj Resembling a shed.
Shedline n A water-parting line.
Shedload n A large amount; a shitload.
She-dog n A male dog.
Sheel n Shell, husk, pod, shell or outer covering. 2. that in the process of sheeling, shealing. 3. a parting, separation, division. 4. the act of parting, separation, dividing.
Sheen n A beautiful woman, a sheen. (Your beautiful sister Lucina, the sheen.) 2. The Sun: " The Sheen." 3. loss, lustre on a surface. radiance, brightness, brilliance, dazzle.
Sheen adj Something to behold. 2. of a person, esp. of women and their appearance, features: beautiful, fair, comely, beholding. 3. " a sheen " a beauty in a woman or women. 4. of animals, inanimate objects, places: beautiful, attractive. 5. in a non-material sense: beautiful, noble, pure, clean, free from sin.) 6. bright, shiny, glossly, sheeny, resplendent. 7. of the day, the sky, bright, sheeny, sun-filled, bright in colour.
Sheen vb To shine, glisten, gleam, glint, to glow after.
Sheenful adj Having a sheen, shiny, glossy.
Sheenless adj Without beauty, plain, unattractive, ugly. 2. dull, wan, dark, sunless. 3. ignoble, impure, unclean, peccable.
Sheenly adv (Poetical) brightly.
Sheeny adj Beautiful, resplendent.
Sheep n A medium-sized, domesticated animal of the genus "Ovis aries." 2. an animal, a ruminant, kepted by man for its wool, skin and meat. 3. a docile vulnerable person with the supposed temperament of a sheep: meek, self-conscious, sheepishly bashful, foolish-feeling, weak and timid, a simpleton, who is preyed upon by. 4. the people of God under god's protection. 5. 'a black sheep' - a disreputable member of a family; a rogue.
Sheep bell n A bell attached to a collar worn by a sheep.
Sheep-berry n One of the black oval, edible drupes of the sweet vibernum, (viburnum lentago). 2. the sheep-berry tree itself.
Sheep-biting n Contemptible, unscrupulous, surly, sneaky, shifty, thieving.
Sheepcote n A small building for sheltering sheep.
Sheep dip n A liquid formulation of insecticide and fungicide, used to protect from infestation by external parasites.
Sheep dog n A breed of dog, used for herding sheep. 2. a bred of dog, used to guard sheep. 3. the old Eenglish sheepdog.
Sheepdom n The quality or state of being asleep.
Sheepflesh n The meat or flesh of sheep; mutton.
Sheepfold n An enclosure for penning sheep.
Sheep-head n Doltish, stupid, silly person.
Sheep-headed adj Silly, simple-minded; stupid.
Sheep-herder n One who herds sheep.
Sheep-herding n The activity of herding sheep.
Sheep-hook n Shepherd's crook.
Sheepily adv In the manner of a sheep, sheepishly.
Sheepiness n The state or quality of being sheepy.
Sheepish adj Spiritless, shy, bashful, reticent, sheep-like, coy, hesitant. 2. embarrassed through shame.
Sheepishly adv In a sheepish way; meekly; self-consciously, with embarrassment.
Sheepishness n The quality or state of being sheepish.
Sheep-like adj Resembling a sheep; docile and uncomplaining or willing to follow a leader blindly.
Sheepmeat n The meat of a sheep, used as food; mutton.
Sheepness n The quality of being asleep.
Sheep-run n An extensive tract of country where sheep range and graze.
Sheep's-bit n A European herb.
Sheep's eyes n A secretive, pining look, or humble doting glance.
Sheep-shearer n A pastoral worker who uses shears for the removal of the fleece from sheep.
Sheep-shearing n The act of shearing sheep.
Sheep shears n A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for the removing the fleece of sheep.
Sheep-silver n (Historical) money specifically paid by tenants for exemption from the service of washing the Lord's sheep.
Sheep skin n The skin of a sheep, especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding. 2. a diploma. 3. the tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on, especially when used for clothing, rugs, etc.
Sheep-stealing n The theft of sheep.
Sheeps-wool sponge n A marine sponge, Hippospongia lachne.
Sheepwalk n Land given to pasturing of sheep, smaller that a sheep run.
Sheepwash n A lotion applied to the fleece of sheep, to kill vermin or preserve the fleece.
Sheepy adj Resembling a sheep.
Sheer adj (Textiles) very thin or transparent. 2. (obsolete) pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated. 3.(by extension) downright; complete; pure. 4. used to emphasize the amount or degree of something. 4. very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
Sheer adj Clean, quite; at once. 2. pure, unmixed, simple, absolute, downright. 2. of fine linen or silk.
Sheerness n The property of being sheer. 2. the result or product of being sheer.
Sheerwater n A seabird, that breeds on islands or coastal cliffs.
Sheet n A towel, napkin, a cloth. 2. a broad piece of linen or cotton stuff, canvas or the like for covering, swathing, protecting from injury. Nb: "a burying sheet": shroud.
Sheet phr "Three Sheets in the Wind" - tipsy, drunk, intoxicated.
Sheet anchor n ????A large, spare anchor. 2. a a source of help in times of danger.
Sheetboard n Panels of plywood or chipboard, typically used for constructing of paneling walls.
Sheetcake n A simple, flat rectangular cake often vanilla or sometimes chocolate.
Sheeted adj Wrapped in a sheet or sheets, esp. a windy or encircling sheet; applied to the dead or ghosts. 2. encircled by a sheet as protection against injury or cold. 3. spread out like a sheet, esp. of rain, snow, lightning.
Sheet-flood n A short-lived expanse of running water that spread as a continuous sheet over a large area following rain.
Sheetful adj The amount that fits on a sheet (any meaning).
Sheeting n Fabric used to make sheets (bedding). 2. (engineering) a lining of planks or boards for protecting an embankment. 3. (geology) a weathering process in which rock breaks into sheets after the compressed stress on it is removed.
Sheet iron n Iron in broad, thin sheets.
Sheetless adj Without sheets.
Sheet-lightning n A diffused and sudden glow of light flashing out of the clouds and illuminating their outlines.
Sheet-like adj Resembling a sheet.
Sheet-rock n A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings; drywall.
Sheet-rock vb To install and finish sheet rock.
Sheety adj Resembling a sheet, wide and flat.
Shelf n OE. (scylfe) ledge, a ledge or shelf of rock or mountain, a floor. & OE. (scylf) rugged rock, pinnacle. Modern word " shelf" : a partition; a thin flat piece of wood, metal etc. projecting from the wall, or as part of a unit, used to support books etc.
Shelf phr "Left On the Shelf" - (of a woman)- unmarried, and not likely to marry because of age.
Shelf-cloud n A low horizontal cloud typically forming the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow. 2. an arcus type-cloud often found along squall lines.
Shelfful adj Enough or the amount that fills a shelf.
Shelf-life n The length of time a product (especially food and drugs) will last without deteriorating or without being sold. 2. the maximum time a packaged material can be stored under specific conditions and still meet the performance requirements specified
Shelf-like adj Resembling a shelf or some aspect of one.
Shelf-mark n A usual alphanumeric indicating the physical of a book within a library.
Shelf-room n Available space on a shelf.
Shelfward adv Towards a geological shelf.
Shelf-talker n A printed card affixed to a supermarket shelf to draw customer's attention to a specific product.
Shelf-ware n A piece of software that has never been used at all since its creation. 2. a piece of software created for the sole purpose of being immediately shelved. 3. software purchased but not use
Shelfworthy adj A product good enough to be kept or displayed on a shelf.
Shell n Ammunition fired by a cannon or rocket-launcher. 2. the hard outer covering of any animal; the housing or outer covering of something. 3. outer covering of some fruits, such as eggs, nuts. 4. rigid covering that covers an object. 5. a very light, narrow, racing boat. 6. metal sheathing of any thickness. 7. any slight, hollow structure. 8. a basic structure of a building or buildings left after bombing, after demolition or during renovation. 9. framework, hollow, skeleton. 10. a coarse, thin kind of interior coffin, enclosed within a more stronger one.
Shell vb To direct, throw or use explosives on or upon enemies during or conflict, bomb or bombard a city. 2. create by explosion and explosive blasts a hole through a rock. 3. remove from a pod, husk, outer covering friut, nuts, seeds. 4. look for and collect shells by the seashore. s break off the shell, as in shelling peas or nuts. 7. separate the kernels of or from the cob, ear or husk. 8.
Shell phr "Come Out of One's Shelf" - cease to be shy; become communicative.
Shell phr "Go Into (One's) Shell" - to retreat into one's mind or otherwise isolate oneself so as to avoid undesirable thoughts, situations, or interactions with people
Shell phr "Shell Out" - (slang) to pay money, to disburse; especially, to pay a great deal of money. 2. (computing) to use a program's "shell escape" function to execute an unrelated command or to invoke a subsidiary, interactive shell
Shell-back n A worldly or old sailor. 2. a sailor who has crossed the equator.3. a barnacle.
Shell-bit n A carpenter's tool of crescent-shaped section used for boring screw holes.
Shelled adj Having a shell; testaceous. 2. having had the shell stripped off or removed.
Shell egg n An egg of the domestic fowl still in its natural state, as contrasted with dried egg.
Sheller n One who shells or husks.
Shellfire n The firing of shells, especially repeatedly.
Shell-fish n An aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, as oysters or the lobster; crustaceans or molluscs.
Shell-game n A confidence trick through deception. 2. in the phrase: play the shell game.
Shell heap n A mound of domestic waste consisting mainly of shells, common at prehistoric sites. 2. a kitchen midden.
Shell-ice n Ice not supported by water, which has receded.
Shelliness n The state or quality of being shelly.
Shelling n An artillery bombardment. 2. the removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc. 3. grain from which the husk has been removed. 4. (topology) an ordering of the facets of a boundary complex such that the intersection of each facet (other than the first) with the union of all preceding facets is homeomorphic to a ball or sphere. 5. shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating such as plaster or mortar
Shell-less adj Without a shell
Shell-like adj Having a similar shape to a seashell. 2. the ear, particularly in set phrases, (can I have a word in your shell-like.
Shell-lime n Lime obtained by burning sea shell.
Shell-limestone n Limestone composed mainly of sea-shells.
Shell-meat n Consisting of shellfish or testaceous molluscs.
Shell-monger n Shell-seller or trader in shells. 2. shell collector.
Shell out phr Distribute freely
Shell-room n A compartment on board a warship, where shells are stored; a magazine.
Shell-sand n Minute fragments of shells constituting a considerable part of the seashore or beach.)
Shell star n (Astronomy) a raid-rotating star that has an equatorial circumstellar disc of gas.
Shelltoes n A style of basketball shoes with segmented rubber uppers resembling a seashell.
Shellwork n Decorations or ornamentation made from pattern of shells.
Shelly adj Composed of the shells of dea marine creatures. 2. resembling or comprising, the shell of a mollusc. 3. abounding in shells.
Skelp n OE. (scylp): a sandbank in a river or sea; sometimes seen as shelf.
Shelter n A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something. 2. an institution that provides temporary housing for the homeless.
Shelter vb To produce cover from damage and harassment. 2. to take cover.
Shelter-belt n A line of trees etc. planted to protect crops from the wind.
Shelter-belted adj A row of trees that act as a windbreak to protect crops from the wind.
Shelter-dog n A do temporarily resident in or obtained from an animal shelter.
Sheltered adj Protected, as from wind or weather. 2. (of a person) who grew up being overprotected by parents or other guardians; often implies a lack of social skills, worldly experience, etc
Shelteredness n The quality of being sheltered.
Sheltered workshop n A place with limited cognition can work in a safe environment.
Sheltering n A shelter, a structure beneath which one shelters.
Shelterless adj Lacking shelter; homeless.
Sheltersome adj Characterized or marked by sheltering; affording shelter or protection.
Shelterwood n Mature trees, left to provide shelter to new saplings.
Sheltron n OE. (scieldtruma): a troop. 2. a close, compact body of troops, troops drawn in battle array. 3. a phalanx. 4. a compact body of ships; a shieldtrum (troop). 3. sheltrum.
Shelve vb OE. to shield or defend. 2. abandon or defer a plan. 3. remove a person from work. 4. put books on a shelve. 5. fit a cupboard with shelves.
Shelved adj Of or pertaining to shelving; having shelves. 2. postponed.
Shelving n Shelves collectively. 2. the bank of a river.
Shelving adj Sloping steeply.
Shelvy adj Of rocks, ice,etc. having shelves. 2. sloping, shallow.
Shench n A cupful of drink or liquor,
Shench vb To pour liquor. 2. to give a person a drink. 3. to shenk
Shend vb To put to shame and disgrace. 2. to confound, confuse. 3. to destroy, ruin, bring to destruction. 4. to disfigure, corrupt, infect, defile, soil. 5. to overcome with fatigue, bewilder, stupefy. 6. a milder sense: to injure, hurt, impair, damage, spoil; to discomfit in an argument or disagreement. 7. to dishonor, blacken, denigrate, demean, to be shent.
Shendful adj Infamous, disgraceful, vile, ignominious, shendlac
Shendship n Shendness, disgrace, ignominy, infame, vileness, the condition or quality of shend: shendness.
Shendship n Shendness, disgace, ignominy, infame, vileness, the condition or quality of shend: shendness.
Shenker n A drinker, a drunk, boozer.
Shene vb To burst asunder, break, blow up, explode.
Shent n Disgrace, shame, ignominy, scandal.
Shepherd n One who tends, feeds and guards sheep, esp. a grazing flock. 2. a church pastor or clergyman who gives religious guidance.
Shepherd phr "The Good Shepherd" - Jesus Christ.
Shepherd-hearted adj Kind, compassionate, caring.
Shepherdish adj resembling or suiting a shepherd; pastoral.
Shepherd-knot n A low growing herb, te tormentil.
Shepherdless adj Lacking a shepherd.
Shepherdlike adj Resembling or characteristic of a shepherd.
Shepherdly adv Resembling or characteristic of a shepherd; pastoral, rustic. 2. taking care of a group or flock, as a shepherd does.
Shepherd-moon n A small moon that orbits near the outer of a planetary ring or within gaps in the ring. The edge of the ring remains sharply defined owing to the gravity of shepherd moons.
Shepherd's crook n A long staff, having the end curved to form a large hook.
Shepherdship n The dignity or office of a shepherd.
Shepherd's needle n Venus' 2. beggarticks.
Shepstare n The starling: from their habit of sitting on a sheep's back and searching for ticks to eat.
Sheriff n Shire-reeve, the shireman.
Sheriffdom n The regions in which a sheriff has authority. 2. the office, or period of office, of a sheriff.
Sheriffhood n
Sheriffship n The office or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
Sheriffwick n The area of jurisdiction of a sheriff.
Shewel n A scarecrow.
She-wolf n A female wolf. 2. a predatory.
Shide n A piece of wood split for timber, often used for fire wood, a shider.
Shide vb To divide, cleave, split, shatter, splinter.
Shield n A scute, carapace, plastron, or any protective plate covering. 2. a privy, toilet, out-house. 3. sheet ice. 4. the dome of a shield volcano or a very broad dome with gently sloping sides.
Shield vb To protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm. 2. hold back a thought or feeling about. 3. to harbour a grudge etc. 4. to cover with, defend, protect from injury. 5. to ward off, to keep off or out, to forbid. 6. to avert misfortune.
Shield-bearer n A person who carries a shield, especially a lower ranking person who carries it for a higher-ranking person.
Shield-fern n Any common fern of the genus Polystichum , which shield-shaped indusia.
Shielding n Protection in various senses.??????
Shieldly adv In a protective manner.
Shieldless adj Without a shield or any kind of protection.
Shield-like adj Resembling or characteristic of a shield.
Shield maiden n In Norse mythology a virgin who has chosen to fight as a warrior in battle.
Shieldman n One who carries a shield.
Shield Wall n The formation of a shield wall (Scildweall or Bordweall in Old English, (Skjaldborg in Old Norse) is a military tactic that was common in many cultures in the very early modern warfare age. There were many slight variations of this tactic among these cultures, but in general, a shield wall was a "wall of shields" formed by soldiers standing in formation shoulder to shoulder, holding their shields so that they abut or overlap. Each soldier benefits from the protection of their neighbors' shields as well as their own.
Shieldwise adv In the manner of a shield, as a protective barrier.
Shift n A transformation, displacement 2. a workshift: time which you are at work. 3. a crew of workers. 4. the act of moving one place to another. 5. switch, changeover, directional change, dislodgement. 6. unsteady sideway movement. 7. a geological fault, fracture, break. 8. division, veering, distribution. 9. a woman's sleeveless undergarment.
Shift vb In OE: to determine. 2. put in order, arrange. 3. apportion, distribute, divide into shares, partition off. 4. manage matters, make provision, deal, bargain. 5. bestir oneself; make a living by one's own devices. 6. manage with something inferior; to made do or to make shift. 7. to change someone mind; to change places. 8. to dress in fresh underclothing. 9. to change a scene. 10. to evade, turn aside. 11. transfer blame, responsilbilty or burden. 12. to palm off something onto a person. 13. to change a mechanical thing like a lever. 14, to alter direction. 15. to avoid, elude, escape. 16. shirk, to put off, deter. 17. to quit or leave. 18. to rid of. 19. to put off a person with a subterfuge. 20. evade or turn aside an argument or promise. 21. get rid of the effects, of drink, etc. 22. to change one's lodgings. 23. to move away, withdraw, depart esp to slip off unobserved.24. travel, journey, fare, move on.
Shift phr "Make Shift" - manage or contrive; get along somehow.
Shift phr "Shift and Shaft" - the act of increasing taxes at a lower level of government, whilst lowering them at the highest level for political expediency.
Shift phr "Shift for Oneself" - rely on one's own efforts.
Shift phr "Shift Off" - get rid of (responsibility) to another.
Shift phr "Shift One's Ground" - take up a new position in an argument.
Shift phr "Shift One's Tides" -(dated, nautical) to record the variations of the tide and the positions of the sun and moon using a nautical almanac and sextant to determine the location and phase of the moon and to calculate the relative effect of the tides on the navigation of the ship.
Shifter n One who, or that which, shifts or changes. 2. (linguistics) a word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis. 2. (nautical) an assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions. 3. (engineering) an arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another. 4.(engineering, textiles) a wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc. 5. (cycling) a component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable. 6. a spanner with an adjustable jaw size. 7. (mining, historical) a person employed to repair the horse-ways and other passages, and keep them unobstructed. 8. 9. (US, Pennsylvania) a switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting. 10.(mythology, science fiction, fantasy) a shape-shifter, or a person or other being capable of changing their physical form. 11. (erotica) a genre of erotica focusing on lycanthropes or other shapeshifters, such as werewolves
Shiftful adj Habitually traveling; itinerant.
Shiftily adv In a shifty manner or way.
Shiftiness n The property of being tricky of character or behavior. 2. the result or product of being shifty.
Shifting n A shift or change; a shifting movement. 2. changing places or positions, displacement, fickle, unreliable, unstable.
Shift-key n The key on a typewriter used to select uppercase letters and certain special characters by physically moving the mechanism. 2. (computing) a key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used to effect the same function, or to change the function of the function keys.
Shiftless adj Helpless from self-defence. 2. void of cunning or artifice. 3. lacking in resource, incapable of shifting for oneself, hence inefficient, effete, lazy, shiftlessness. 4. of action, ineffective, futile, unvarying, unchanging, without shift, wendless.
Shift-off n A delay, deferment, put-off, lay aside.
Shiftwork n Scheduled work outside outside customary working hours. 2. a mode of employment to maintain a continuous 24/7 operation.
Shifty adj Not straightforward; evasive, deceitful.
Shild n Debt, fault, due, obligation, liability. 2. sin, guilt, crime, offence.
Shildy adj Guilty, culpable.
Shill vb To resound, sound loudly, 2. to ashill.
Shill vb To separate. 2, to curdle milk.
Shilling n A coin formerly used in the U.K. U.S. Ireland, and many other Commonwealth countries.
Shilling phr "Take the King's Queen's Shilling" - enlist as a soldier (formerly a soldier was paid a shilling)
Shillingless adj Without a shilling; penniless, broke.
Shim n Shadow, gloom. 2. the streak of white on a horse's face. 3. a faint or transient appearance; a glimpse, a shimmer.
Shimmer n A soft, slight wavering light. 2. a shine bright, a glistening, a gleam. 3. a shine or shining with slightly flickering light.
Shimmer vb Earlier use to shine brightly, glisten. 2. to shine with a tremulous, somewhat flickering light. 2. to gleam faintly. 3. to shine with a soft, slight wavering light. 4. to move effortlessly, glide, drift.
Shimmering n Shining with a soft, slightly watery light.
Shimmeriness n Flickering.
Shimmeringly adv Shining with a soft, slight wavering light.
Shimmery adj Shimmering or seeming to shine brightly.
Shin n The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg, between the knee and the ankle. 2. the foremost part of the human leg, between the knee and the ankle. 3. the tibia.
Shin vb Climb awkwardly, as if to scramble. 2. to climb a tree, pole etc. by grasping it by the arms and legs, without the help of spikes, steps or other aids: "to shinny up.". 3. to go or run hastily in order to borrow money from a number of persons: 'to shin it.'
Shin phr "Shin It" - to go or run hastily in order to borrow money from a number of persons.
Shin bone n The tibia, the larger of the two bones of the leg.
Shinder vb To shiver. 2. to shatter into pieces.
Shine n The quality of being bright and emitting light rays. 2. the quality or state of brightness, lustre, gloss, polish, sheen. 3. effulgence, refulgence. 4. sunshine, fairweather. 5. a liking or fancy for another.
Shine vb To be bright by reflecting or casting light. 2. to be shiny, as if wet, glisten. 3. to emit light, beam, gleam, glint. 4. to be distinguished, eminent, talented. 5. to have a bright complexion; to glow, beam, radiate. 6. to touch or seem to be touching visually. 7. to experience a well-being feeling or happiness. 8. to make a surface shine, looked polished, smooth, smoothen. 9 to fall upon, strike.
Shine phr "Shine Through" - (fig. of a positive things) to be discernible despite obstruction; to be apparent or evidenced.
Shine phr "Shine Up" - to cause to be shiny or more shiny.
Shine phr "Take a Shine to" - like; take a fancy to.
Shine phr "Take the Shine Out of" - spoil the brilliance or newness of. 2. put into the shade by surpassing, eclipsing, humiliating.
Shineless adj without any shine; dull.
Shiner n One who shines; a luminary; that which shines. 2. (colloquial) a black eye. 3. (slang, dated) a bright piece of money, especially a sovereign. 4. any of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes of Notropis, Minnilus, and allied genera, such as the redfin. 5. any silvery fish, such as the horsefish, menhaden, or moonfish.

6. the common silverfish,Lepisma. 7. (slang) a moonshiner. 8. small reflective surface used for cheating at card games.

Shinily adv In shiny manner.
Shininess n The usual property of something shining with reflective light, shine.
Shiningness n The quality of of shining, brightness. 2. reflecting light. 3. emitting light.
Shining n Emitting light. 2. reflecting light. 3. having a high polish or sheen. 4. having exceptional merit.
Shiningly adv in a shining manner, brilliantly.
Shink vb O.E. scencan: to pour or serve wine or beer.
Shinny vb To climb in an awkward manner.
Shinny phr "Shinny Up" - to climb a tree, pole etc. by grasping it by the arms and legs, without the help of spikes, steps or other aids.
Shiny phr Having a shine, glistening, polished; bright. 2. (of clothing esp. the seat of trousers etc) having the nap worn off.
Ship n A sea vessel that carries freight and passengers. 2, any large sea-going vessel. 3. a space going craft. 4. a dish originally fashioned like the hull of a ship, used to hold incense.
Ship vb To engage to serve on board a vessel. 2. to engage or secure for service seaman on board a ship. 3. to embark on a ship. 4. to put on board a ship or rail train ;for transportation, to transport or convey. 4. convey on ships belonging to one country or industry, such as on a cargo ship, merchant ship.
Ship sfx Forming nouns denoting: a quality or condition (friendship). 2. status, office or honor (lordship). 3. a tenure of office (leadership). 4. a skill in a certain capacity (workmanship). 5. the collective individuals of a group (membership)
Ship phr "Ship a Sea" - be flooded by a wave.
Ship phr "Ship of War" - a warship.
Ship phr "Ship Out" - to depart, especially for a sea voyage or military assignment. 2. (figuratively) to leave, get out, or resign. 3. to send, especially by means of a transport vehicle. 4. (figuratively) to get rid of, expel, or discard.
Ship phr "Take Ship" - embark.
Ship phr "When One Ship Comes In" - when a person's fortune is made.
Shipboard n Used or occurring on board a ship (a shipboard love).
Shipboard phr "On Shipboard" - on board ship.
Shipborne adj Carried by ship.
Shipbote n Payment or charge for the repair of a ship
Ship breaker n One who works in shipbreaking.
Ship-breaking n The breaking up of ships for scrap recycling.
Shipbreche n Shipwreck; shipwreck.
Shipbroker n An intermediary agent who negotiates between shipowners and persons wanting to charter shipping.
Shipbuilder n One who builds vessels, such as ships and boats.
Shipbuilding n The construction of a ship or ships.
Ship burial n Burial (in earlier times) in a wooden ship under a mound.
Shipe n In OE. sense, dignity, condition. 2. something allocated, wages, reward, remuneration, shiping.
Shipe vb To reward, pay wages.
Shipful adj Of full cargo or complement.
Shipholder n One who owns a ship or ships.
Shipholding n Owning a ship or ships.
Shipless adj Without a ship, as in a shipless sea.
Shiplike adj Resembling or characteristic of a ship.
Shipload n The amount of cargo that a ship can carry.
Shiplord n A shipmaster, skipper, sea captain.
Shipman n The master of a ship; a shiplord.
Shipmaster n The master of a ship; a captain,a commander. 2. a seaman, sailor, a mariner. 3. the master of a ship, a shiplord.
Shipowner n One who owns a ship.
Shipowning n Owning a ship.
Shipped adj Aboard a ship; part of a cargo.
Shippen vb O.E. scypen: a stable; cowhouse.
Shipper n A seaman. 2. a sea captain, skipper. 3. one who ships goods for transportation. 4. one who transports goods by rail.
Shipping n The commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials; transportation, transport; transportation, transport. 2. conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry.
Shipping forecast n A broadcast containing weather reports around a coastline.
Shipping lane n A route across an ocean, sea or other body of water which is regularly used by commercial maritime vehicles.
Shipping-master n An official presiding at the signing of ship's articles, paying off of seamen etc.
Shippon n A cattle-shed, a cowhouse, an ox-stall, a shippen, farm buildings.
Shiprat n The black rat (Rattus rattus).
Shiproom n The storage space on a ship.
Ship's bell n A bell used to indicate the time aboard a ship and hence to regulate the sailors' duty watches.
Ship's boat n A utility boat carried by a larger vessel.
Ship's days n The days allowed for a vessel to load or unload.
Shipshape adj In a seaman like manner: meticulously neat and tidy; in good order. 2. organized, serviceable trained and ready for action.
Ship's husband n An agent who has the authority to repair and outfit a particular ship.
Shipspeak n Nautical jargon.
Shipwards adv Towards a ship.
Shipway n The sloping dry dock in which a ship built and from which it is launched. 2. a navigable canal.
Shipwide adj Throughout a ship.
Shipworker n A shipyard worker.
Shipworm n A marine mollusc (Teredo) that bores through wood.
Shipwreck n The partial or total destruction of a ship at sea. 2. utter or practical destruction or ruin. 3. scatterd remnants, as of a wrecked ship, wreckage.
Shipwrecked adj Stranded as a result of a shipwreck.
Shipwright n A person who designs, builds and repairs ships, especially wooden ones. 2. a ship's carpenter.
Shipyard n A place where ships are built and repaired; a shipbuilding yard.
Shire n In OE: official charge, adminstration office, esp, that of a bishop, steward, governor. In Old English times of smaller districts, hundreds and wapentake for purposes of local government. 2. A province, district.
Shire adj Bright, shining. 2. of liquids: clear, translucent. 3. pure, unnixed. 4. morally, spiritually clean or pure. 5. complete, perfect, sheer, utter; also negatively mere, bare. 6. thin, tenuous, not dense, scanty, sheer, weak, small.
Shire sfx Forming the name of counties (Wiltshire).
Shire-hall n A courthouse or assembly room of a shire or county.
Shire horse n The tallest breed of a draught horse, heavy and powerful and bred chiefly in the midlands counties of England. 2.
Shirely adv Brightly, clearly, purely, shirenessly 2. with main force: with might, straight down.
Shire-moot n Judicial assembly of the shire in OE. times. 2. a shire-mote.
Shire-reeve n A local official in medieval England appointed by the King to administer the shire
Shires n "The Shires" - the midland counties of England whose name all end in -shire; part of these counties where hunting on a large scale take place.
Shire-town n The administrative centre, capital, of a Shire.
Shire-wite n Tax paid to the sheriff for holding a shire court.
Shirt n OE: scherte: a short garment, a petticoat, tunic, argon, apron. 2. a garment or shirting worn on the upper part of the body. 3. a loose garment of cloth, linen or other materials worn on the upper part of the body. Formerly worn by both male and female wearers, now usu. worn only by men and boys. 4. 'bloody shirt' the symbol of murder or outrage.
Shirt vb To clothe or cover with a shirt.
Shirt phr "Keep One's Shirt" - keep one's temper.
Shirt phr "Lose One's Shirt" - lose all one's possessions.
Shirt phr "Put One's Shirt On" - gamble one's entire possessions on. 2. be sure of.
Shirt phr "The Shirt off One's Back" - one's last remaining possessions.
Shirted adj Wearing a shirt.
Shirtily adv In an shirty manner. 2. annoyingly, ill-temperedly.
Shirtiness n The state or characteristic of being shirty. 2. annoyance, a state of ill-temper.
Shirting n Any fabric or material (in a roll) used to make shirts. 2. shirts (collectively).
Shirtless adj Without, or not wearing, a shirt.
Shirtlessness n Absence of a shirt or shirts.
Shirt-like adj Resembling a shirt.
Shirtmaker n One who makes shirts as an occupation.
Shirt-making n The industry or practice of making shirts.
Shirt-sleeve n The part of a shirt that covers an arm.
Shirt-tail n The lower curved part of a shirt below the waist.
Shirty adj Ill-tempered and annoyed.
Shit n Excrement; the act of defecation. 2. a contemptible person.
Shit phr "Like Shit" - very bad.
Shit phr "No Shit" - an exclamation of amazement or belief. 2. an ironic, sarcastic response to the statement ???
Shit phr "Shit for Brains" - a stupid person.
Shithouse n A toilet, lavatory, bathroom.
Shitless adj Be extremely frightened.
Shit show n A messy situation, especially involving drunkenness and revelry.
Shit-talk n Offensive and rude speech.
Shit-talking n Speaking rude and offensively about someone, especially behind their backs.
Shit weasel n A deceitful and contemptible person.
Shitware n Computing software of exceptionally poor quality.
Shittle adj Of persons and their faculties: inconstant, variable, wavery, flighty, fickle. 2. Of things, shaky, unstable. 3. shittle-wit: a foolish person; shittle-willed: wavering, fickle in resolve.
Shittleness n Fickleness. instability, vacillation, shakiness.
Shive n A sheave, a particle of tusk. 2. a splinter. 3. a piece of thread or fluff on the surface of a cloth. 4. refuse of hemp or flax. 5. a sliver of light; a shivelight. 6. a piece of bread, a sheave of bread, a sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
Shiver n A fragment, one of the small pieces into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence, a chip, splinter. 2. flake, loose fibre, or filament; nb: plural-shivers. 3. slately stone a variety of blue state. 4. a breastplate of a plough. 5. a small wedge for the fastening of the bolt of a window shuttle; a spindle. 6. reflex motion caused by cold or fever or excitement, a tremble, a shake. 7. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; a frisson of surprise. 8. a chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle.
Shiver vb To tremble convulsively, from fear or excitement; shudder, throb, thrill. 2. to vibrate, quiver, shake as from cold. 3. to cause to tremble as a sail.
Shiver phr "Get the Shivers" - have malaria, ague, a chill, a cold.
Shiver phr "Shiver My Timbers" - reputed piratical curse.
Shivering n The act of shivering or trembling.
Shivery adj Inclined to shiver, tremulous, mild to excess.
Shoad vb In OE. to divide, separate, shed. 2. loose fragments of tin, lead, copper.
Shoal n Flock of birds. 2. large number of person, a throng, a crowd, a troop. 3. a large number of inaminate things. 5. a mass of floating ice.
Shoal adj Of water, watercourse, harbour, sound: not deep, slight in the depth, becoming shallow, shoaling. 2. of mind or intellectual: shallow, unprofound, shallowness.
Shoal vb Of waterway, streams, bays, harbor: to become shallower. 2. Of a ship to come into shoal or the shallows. 3. to dig or drive less deeply into soil.
Shoal-hood n Shallowness, undepthness, slightness.
Shoaliness n The quality or state of being shoaly. 2. a small depth of water; shallowness.
Shoaling pp Growing or becoming shallower.
Shoaling wave n A wave that is shoaling, and a shallow when it hits hard.
Shoalwise adv In or as a shoal.
Shoaly adj Full of shoals or shallow places.
Shoat n A young weaned pig. 2. an idle, worthless person.
Shock n An unkempt or shaggy mass of hair. 2. a poodle or shaggy-haired dog; a shough.
Shock-dog n A shaggy dog.
Shock-head n Having a thick, bushy head of hair.
Shod adj Wearing shoes. 2. having tyres equipped.
Shode n The crown of the head. 2. the part(ing) of the head. 3. a dividing ridge.
Shoding n Separation. 2. the parting of the hair.
Shoe n A metal u-shaped plate nailed for protection to the underside of a horse's hoof. 2. footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather, and a sole or heel of a heavier material.
Shoe vb To shoe a horse. 2. to supply or furnish with shoes.
Shoe phr "Be In Dead Men's Shoes" - to expect promotion in times.
Shoe phr "In the Shoes (of another)" - in his or her situation; difficulty.
Shoe beam n A beam of non-conducive material (usually fibre-glass or wood), attached to a train bogey that supports the pick up shoe.
Shoe bolt n A bolt with a flaring hood, for facilitating shoes on sleigh runners.
Shoebox n A box in which shoes are sold. 2. (derogatory) a small cramped residence, or similar space.
Shoecare n The care and maintenance of shoes.
Shoe-hammer n A hammer with a broad face for pounding leather on a lap-stone.
Shoehorn n A tool use to assist putting the foot a shoe by sliding the heel in.
Shoehorn vb To force or squeeze into an inadequate space.
Shoehorning n A thing by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium. 2. an inducement.
Shoeing n The act of fitting an animal with horseshoes. 2. a thrashing.
Shoeing-smith n A farrier.
Shoe-leather n Leather that is used to make shoes. 2. leather from which shoes are made that is worn out through walking.
Shoe leather adj Basic, old-fashioned or traditional; specifically (journalism) shoe-leather journalism or shoe-leather reporting: journalism involving walking from place to place observing things and speaking to people, rather than sitting indoors at a desk
Shoe-less adj Without shoes.
Shoelessness n The state or condition of being shoeless.
Shoe-like adj Resembling a shoe or some aspect of some.
Shoemaker n One who makes boots, shoes, etc. 2. a cobbler, a sutler.
Shoeshine n A polish given to shoes.
Shoesmith n A person who smiths or repairs iron or steel shoes for a living (other metals are used, but this is uncommon).
Shoestring n A shoelace. 2. figuratively, a small amount.
Shoestring adj Barely adequate; precarious.
Shoe top n The upper surface of a shoe.
Shoe-tree n A wooden or metal form inserting in boots or shoes to preserve their shape or to stretch them; also called a boot-tree.
Shoe-up vb To properly shoe a horse.
Shoe-wear n Shoes (as a category of clothing).
Shoe-wedge n A wege-shaped shoe insert to be affixed inside any footwear to make the wearer look taller.
Shond n Shame, disgrace, ignominy, scandal, infamy. 2. "To do someone shond." --- treat with indignity. 3. "to bring shond upon oneself or another." --- bring scandal, infamy, etc.
Shond phr "To do Someone Shond." - treat with indignity.
Shond phr 3. "To Bring Shond Upon Oneself or Another." - bring scandal, infamy, etc.
Shood n The husk of oats after threshing. Also spelt "shude."
Shoot vb To hit, wound, kill with a missile, discharged from a weapon. 2. to discharge a missile from a bow, rifle. 3. to send forth swiftly; to move or act quickly or suddenly.. 4. to launch or discharge a projectile. 5. to begin to speak. 6. (figuratively) to dismiss or do away with. 7. to photograph; to film. 8. to go over or pass quickly through: 'shoot the rapids'. 9. to penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation (in a limb). 10. to change form suddenly; especially, to solidify. 11. to send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit. 12. to send to someone. 13. to make the stated score (as in golf). 14. in surveying, to measure the distance and direction to (a point). 15. to inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously. 16. to develop, move forward. 17. To germinate; to bud; to sprout. 18. to grow; to advance. q

19. (nautical) to move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee. 20. to push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out. 21. to protrude; to jut; to project; to extend, as land shoots into a promontory. 22. in carpentry, to plane straight; to fit by planing. 23. to variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches

Shoot n The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant. quotations. 2. a photography session. 3. a hunt or shooting competition. 4. (professional wrestling, slang) an event that is unscripted or legitimate 5. the act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot. 6. a rush of water; a rapid. 7. (mining) a vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode. 8. (weaving) a weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick. 9. a shoat; a young pig. 10. an inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
Shoot phr "Shoot Ahead" - come quickly to the front of other competitors; outstrip.
Shoot phr "Shoot a Line" - talk pretentiously, to exaggerate.
Shoot phr "Shoot Down" - to move quickly and violently. 2. to shoot at and force to come down, like an enemy aircraft. 3. to thwart the passage of, such as a proposal; vote down, defeat. 4. bring down, cut down, deal a death-blow to.
Shoot phr "Shoot for the Stars" - to aim high, set lofty goals.
Shoot phr "Shoot from the Hip" - (literally) to discharge a firearm while it is held near the hip, without taking time to aim by means of the gun-sights. 2. (fig.) to speak or act quickly based on first impression, without carefully studying the background information, or wider context etc.
Shoot phr "Shoot It Out" - engage in a decisive gun battle.
Shoot phr "Shoot Off One's Mouth" - to speak spontaneously and without restraint; lip off.
Shoot phr "Shoot One's Bolt" - to do all that is in one's power.
Shoot phr "Shoot Oneself in the Foot" - to act against one's own interests; to unintentionally behave self- destructively.
Shoot phr "Shoot Out One's Neck" - (slang) to become forward and impertinent.
Shoot phr "Shoot the Moon" - to hit the moon, with a rocket or by other means. 2. (figuratively, by extension) to attain great heights, a high value, or a numerically high measurement. 3. (card games) to achieve the lowest or highest score possible, such that the player is usually rewarded with bonus points. 4. to leave at night, without paying due rent.
Shoot phr "Shoot the Sun." - to take the altitude of with a sextant.
Shoot phr "Shoot Through" - (Australian and New Zealand slang): to leave.
Shoot phr "Shoot Up" - to grow or move up very quickly.
Shoot phr "The Whole Shoot" - everything; the whole shooting match.
Shooter n One who shoots. 2. an implement for shooting.
Shoot-house n A structure used in military exercises with live ammunition.
Shooting n An instance of shooting a person with a gun. 2. the sport or activity of firing a gun. 3. the act of one who, or that which, shoots. 3. a sensation of darting pain.
Shooting-box n A lodge used by sportsmen in the shooting season.
Shooting-iron n A weapon, firearm, gun
Shooting-match n A competition in shooting.
Shooting-rights n The right to enter upon land to make a geophysical survey.
Shooting-star n An incandescent shooting star moving swiftly across the sky; a meteor. 2. cynosure.
Shooting-sticks n A walking stick that has a spike at one end, and a handle that unfolds into a simple seat; used as a short-term seat at outdoor events. 2. portable weapon mount used by field shooters, like hunters, snipers and metallic silhouette black-powder rifle shooters, similar to a monopod, bipod or tripod, with one, two or three legs.
Shooting war n A war in which there is shooting (as opposed to cold war, war of nerves, cyber war).
Shootless adj (Botany) without shoots.
Shoot-out n A gunfight; a battle or fight with guns, often between gangs. 2. a military conflict between regularly constituted armed forces, guerillas or insurgents, a firefight. 3. the growth or movement upwards very quickly. 4. a tie breaker in various sports decided by each side taking a specified number of penalty shots.
Shop n A building, a commercial establishment, in which goods, wares, items are sold by retail. 2. a small place, a workshop, where handcrafts or manufacturing done. 3. a course of instruction in a trade class.
Shop vb To go or do shopping, buy at, patronize.
Shop phr "All Over the Shop" - everywhere, in disorder.
Shop phr "Shut Up Shop" - abandon any enterprise.
Shop-board n A bench in a workshop.
Shop-bought adj Purchased from a shop, not homemade.
Shop-breaker n One who breaks into a shop with unlawful intent to steal.
Shop-breaking n That act of breaking into a shop with unlawful intent to steal.
Shop-dropping n The practice of covertly placing objects on display in a shop.
Shop floor n Workers in a factory as opposed to management. 2. their area or place of work.
Shopful adj The amount of items for sale a shop can hold.
Shopgoer n One who goes to shop.
Shophouse n A building that has both retail and domestic use.
Shopkeep n To sells goods in a shop, or by retail, in distinction from one who sells by wholesale , or sells from door to door.
Shopkeeper vb A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail, in distinction from one who sells by wholesale , or sells from door to door.
Shoplike adj Resembling a shop or some aspect of one.
Shopowner n Someone who owns a shop.
Shopper n A purchase who makes purchases in a shop. 2. a shopping bag or trolley. 3. a small-wheeled bicycle with a basket. 2. (slang) a police informer.
Shoppiness n The state or condition of being shoppy.
Shopping n The act of looking around for goods and services available for sale
Shopping cart n A supermarket trolley.
Shoppy adj Pertaining to shop business. 2. continually talking about one's occupation; technical.
Shopstead vb To buy an abandoned shop facilities that are offered for sale inexpensively as part of an urban renewal.
Shopsteader n One who buy an abandoned shop facilities that are offered for sale inexpensively as part of an urban renewal.
Shop-steading n The sale by the government shops nto entrepreneurs who are willing to renovate them and operate them, as part of an urban renewal policy.
Shopsteal vb To shoplift; rob from a shop.
Shop steward n A local member of a trade union elected to represent his fellow workers in discussion with the management at workplace.
Shop talk phr Interest, conversation about one's work or what's going on in their workplace. 2. to make one's work or occupation the chief topic of conversation, to talk shop.
Shop time n The time for which a vehicle of machine is out of service for repairs.
Shopwalker n A retail store floor supervisor.
Shopway n A way that leads to a shop.
Shop window n A large window at the front of a shop, behind which items for sale are displayed.
Shopworker n A person who works in a shop; a shop-assistant.
Shopworn adj Having been used, as a sample item in a retail shore. 2. (fig) not fresh, soiled, damaged.
Shore adj Precipitous, rugged, sheer; steep.
Shorn adj Cut off; having the hair or wool cut off of sheared; deprived.
Short adj Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically. 2. (of a person) of comparatively little height. 3. having little duration; opposite of long. 4. (followed by for) of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another). 5. (of pastries and metals) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening. 6. (see shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust.) abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant. 7. limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty. 8. insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking. 9. deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard. 10. (obsolete) not distant in time; near at hand. 11. being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future. 12. having a small distance between ends or edges): short is often used in the positive vertical dimension and used as is shallow in the negative vertical dimension; in the horizontal dimension narrow is more commonly used. 13. (having a small distance between ends or edges): low, narrow, slim, shallow. 14. of a person, of comparatively little height): little, pint-sized, petite, titchy (slang).
Short adv Abruptly, curtly, briefly. Unawares. (finance) With a negative ownership position.
Short n Used to indicate a short-length version of a size: a short film; a short circuit. 2. (finance) a short seller. (the market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne). 4. a short or quick sale. 5. summary account. 6. (phonetics) a short sound, syllable, or vowel. 7. (programming) an integer variable shorter than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
Short vb To cause a short circuit in (something). 2. of electrical circuit, to short circuit. 3. to shortchange. 4. to provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount. 5.(business) to sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
Short prp Deficient in. 2. having a negative position in.
Short phr "At Short Sight" - of an account, to be paid soon.
Short phr "Bring Up Short" - to interrupt and reprimand a speaker;
Short phr "Come Short" - be inadequate or disappointing.
Short phr "Come (or fall) Short of" - fail to reach an amount to.
Short phr "For Short" - as a short name, (Tom for Thomas).
Short phr "Go Short" -
Short phr "In Short" - briefly.
Short phr "In the Short Run" - over a short period of time.
Short phr "Little Short of" - almost.
Short phr "Long and Short of" - the whole; upshot, the final issue.
Short phr "Make Short Work of" - accomplish, dispose of, destroy, consume etc quickly.
Short phr "Nothing short of" - really.
Short phr "Pull Up Short" - check or pause abruptly.
Short phr "Run Short of" - to be temporary out of cash or funds.
Short phr "Sell Short" - to sell stock securities you do not own.
Short phr "Short and Sweet" - efficiently brief in duration, especially where referring to an unpleasant task.
Short phr "Short Back and Sides" - a type of men's haircut where the sides and the back are left shorter than the top of the hair.
Short phr "Short End of the Stick" - a situation, opportunity or outcome which is less favorable than situations, opportunities or outcomes experienced by or available to others.
Short phr "Short of Breath" - panting; short-winded.
Short phr "Short On" -
Short phr "Short Reckonings Make Long Friends" - borrowed money should be paid back aas a soon as possible.
Short phr "Stop Short" - to stop abruptly; not to carry out to a full conclusion.
Short phr "Taken Short" - to be put at a disadvantage. 2. an urgent need to urinate.
Shortalls n Overalls, particularly (about 7 feet long) with a tapered, pointed noise.
Short back and sides n A haircut in which the hair is cut short at the back and sides.
Shortboard n A type of surfboard.
Shortboarder n A person who surfs.
Shortboarding n The use of a surfboard in surfing.
Shortbread n A type of biscuit made in Britain, traditionally from one part sugar, two parts sugar, two parts butter and three parts flour.
Shortbreak n A short vacation or holiday.
Short-breathed adj Having short breath or quick respiration.
Shortcake n A sweet cake or biscuit, typically made which sugar, flour, salt, butter, milk, cream, sometimes eggs and leavened with baking powder or baking soda.
Shortcoming n Deficiency, lack, failing, weakness. 2. failing to come up to a standard.
Short drink n A strong alcoholic drink served in small measures.
Shorten vb Become or make shorter or short; curtail. 2. reduce the amount of (sail spread). 3. with reference tto gambling odds, prices etc) become or make shorter; decrease.
Shortener n One who, or that which, shortens.
Shortening n Solid fat, such as margarine, lard or butter, used to make shortcrust pastry.
Short-eyes n (Slang); a child molester.
Short-fall n An instance of not meeting a quota, debt, or monthly payment on a debt or other obligation, or of having an insufficient amount to cover such obligations. 2. the amount by which a quota, debt, or monthly payment on a debt or other obligation is missed; the difference between the actual quota or debt and the lesser amount available to pay such obligations.
Short-fetched adj Of breathing: shallow. 2. of ocean waves: starting close to shore, shallow recently formed. An analogy with 'far-fetched' - not very likely, not easily to believe, not obvious.
Short-film n Any motion picture not enough to be long enough to be a feature film.
Shortgrass n A species of short, tough grass that thrives in arid conditions; often specifically the native grasses of the the North American Great Plains.
Short hairs n (Slang): pubic hairs.
Short-hand n A compendious and rapid method of writing. 2. any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.
Short-handed adv In a short-handed matter.
Short-handedness n The condition of being short-handed.
Short-handed adv In a short-handed matter. 2.undermanned or understaffed.
Short-hander n Stenographer.
Short head n A distance less than a horse's head.
Short head vb To beat by a short head.
Shorthold adj Describing a tenancy that exists for an agreed term, and the end of which the property may be recovered by the landlord.
Short-horn n An animal of breed of cattle with short horns.
Short-hundred n One hundred (100), 10x10, especially when contrasted to one long hundred: (historical) one hundred and twenty (120); 12x10.
Shortish adj Somewhat short; moderately short.
Short-line n An independent rail company that operates over a relatively short distance.
Short-list n ??A list of selected candidates from which a final choice is made.
Short-lived adj Ephemeral; alive or existent for only a short period of time; not lasting long.
Shortlivy adj Ephemeral, short-lived, un-enduring, fleeting.
Shortly adv In a short or brief manner. 2. in or after a short-time. 3. before long; soon. 4. in a few words; briefly. 5. in an irritable manner.
Short-necked adj Having a short neck; bull-necked.
Shortness n The property of being short. 2. being short of stature or brief. 3. result of the product of being short. 4. the property of being short or terse.
Short rib n A lower-rib, not joined to the breastbone, as the false ribs and the floating ribs.
Shorts n Trousers reaching only to the knees or higher. 2. underpants.
Short sale n (Real estate) a property sale negotiated with a mortgage company in which a lender takes less than the total amount due. 2. (investments) 3. a sale of a security that one does not own, delivery obligation met by borrowing the security from another owner (usually in the hope that the price will decrease before the loan must be repaid). 4. (economics) a sale of a financial security, commodity, or other good that one does not own with the contractual obligation to make delivery of the good to the buyer at a date in the future
Short score n A score in which are parts are condensed on to a small number of staves.
Short-sell n To engage in the process of selling stock one does not own on the promise of the stock's price going down. 2. to sell oneself short and to belittle oneself in judgement, to underestimate oneself and one's abilities (and thus avoid being acknowledged to the deserved extent???. 3. to underestimate the value of something.
Short-selling n (Commerce, finance) the finance of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess.
Short-sheet vb A play or prank by folding someone's bed sheets to make the space for lying in bed unusually short.
Short-shipped adj Put on board a ship in deficient quantity.
Short shrift n A rejection; especially one which is curt and impolite. 2. an undertaking without prior consideration; summary treatment. 2. a final speech, restricted in time by the prison governor, by a condemned man before execution
Short sight n The inability to focus except on comparatively near objects; myopia, shortsightedness.
Short-sighted adj Near-sighted; myopic; unable to focus on a distant object. 2. (fig) unable to see long term objective; lacking foresight.
Short-sightedly adv With a short sight; myopically. 2. in a manner that fails to consider the big picture or future effects of an action or decision. 2. failure to appreciate the ultimate course of action.
Short-sightedness n Myopia, nearsightedness. 2. the propensity of a person to ignore long-term goals in favor of short term gain.
Short-sleeper n A person who consistently substantially less sleep everyday than the customary amount for most people of the same age and developmental need.
Short-sleeved adj With sleeves not reaching below the elbow.
Shortsome adj Marked or characteristic of or by shortness. 2. amusing, enjoyable;.
Short-spoken adj Sharp and curt in one's speech; terse, laconic.
Short-staffed adj Having insufficient staff.
Short-step n Soldiers on parade; a half-step.
Short-sword n A sword of a class generally shorter than one meter, but longer than a dagger.
Short-time n A period of reduced working hours due to poor trading or other causes .
Short-timer n A person nearing the end of their military service.
Short-tongued adj Inarticulate, stammering, lisping. 2. taciturn, unwilling to speak.
Shortwards adj Towards the short part of a structure.
Shortwave n (Of radio waves) having a wavelength of approximating 10-20 meters. 2. (of radio equipment)- caable of transmitting or receiving at such a wavelength.
Short-winded adj Easily out of breath, gasping for air; breathing rapidly, or given to becoming short of breath; asthmatic.

(figuratively) hasty, breathless; rushed. 2. concise and to the point (opposite of long-winded)

Short-witted adj Having little wit; of scant intellect.
Shot n A solid missile, as a ball of iron, or a bullet, a pellet of lead. 2. the act of shooting; that which is discharged in shooting. 3. any assessment, tax, payment, contribution; reckoning or fine; a scot (scot-free). 4. a dead shot(skilled in marksmanship); pot shot (a random shot).
Shot vb To fire a gun. 2. to send something forward or into the air or sky.
Shot phr "Like a Shot" - without hesitation; willingly.
Shot phr "Shot in the Arm" - stimulus or encouragement.
Shot phr "Shot in the Dark" - a guess, attempt. or choice made with littleor no evidence or knowledge.
Shot phr "Shot in the Locker" - something kept in reserve.???
Shot phr "Shot Through with" - intertwined with something; infused with some quality.
Shot phr "Shot with a Shovel" - (In Irish English): severely admonished; castigated.
Shot-glass n A small glass used to hold or measures small qualities of liquor.
Shothole n A hole, very deep but only a few inches wide, which is used to drop explosives beneath the Earth's surface to help petroleum harvesting. 2. a hole caused by a shot or bullet.
Shotless adj With a shot or shots (in various sports).
Shoot-like adj Resembling or characteristic of a shoot (emerging stem of a new plant).
Shotmaker n A player who is skilled at making shots in various sports.
Shotmaking n The skill of making accurate shots in sports.
Shotten vb Dislocated, as a bone. 2. shot out at the socket.
Shotten herring n A herring that has spawned. 2. a weakened or dispirited person.
Shotten-milk n Sour milk, curded.
Shough n Shaggy-haired poodle; a poodle.
Should n A statement of what should be the case as opposed to what is the case. 2. the should-be.
Should vb Past tense of shall. (auxiliary) be obliged to; have an obligation to; indicates that the subject of the sentence has some obligation to execute the sentence predicate or that the speaker has some strong advice but has no authority to enforce it. 3. (auxiliary) ought to; speaker's opinion, or advice that an action is correct, beneficial, or desirable. 4. (auxiliary) will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the subject of the sentence is likely to execute the sentence predicate. 5. (auxiliary, subjunctive) used as a variant of the present subjunctive. 6. (auxiliary, formal, literary) a variant of would when used with first person subjects.
Should phr "Could Have, Would Have, Should Have" - expressing regret at something that cannot be changed.
Shoulder n Point where arm, front leg or wing is joined to or connects the body. 2. the part of the trunk between the neck and the free portion of the arm or forelimb. 3. the forequarter of an animal 4. anything which supports, bears up, or projects like a shoulder. 5. either edge of a road or highway.
Shoulder vb
Shoulder phr "Give Someone the Cold Shoulder" - ignore or treat coldly.
Shoulder phr "Put One's Shoulder to the Wheel" - set t work vigorously.
Shoulder phr "Shoulder the Burden" - to take on responsibility.
Shoulder phr "Shoulder to Shoulder" - side by side and close together. 2. with united effort in co-operation.
Shoulder-belt n A belt worn diagonally over one shoulder and across the upper body.
Shoulder-blade n The bone that connects the humerus, (upper arm bone) with the clavicle (collar-bone).
Shoulder-bone n Shoulder-blade.
Shoulder-devil n The devil representing a person's temptations in works of fiction , portrayed as sitting on one's shoulder while an angel occupies the other.
Shoulder-girdle n The human pectoral girdle, consisting of the collarbone and shoulder-blade.
Shoulder-high adj Up to or as high a shoulders.
Shouldering vb The act of pushing or barging with the shoulder. 2. (architecture) The process of bracing a load with a jutting structural member such as a corbel or bracket. 3. flanged portion of something, similar to a lip but occurring on the side rather than the rim. 4. axle with shouldering. 5. the rounding and raising of the top edges of slate tiles.
Shoulder-knot n An ornamental length of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder of fashionable men's jackets, esp. in the C17th and C18th. 2. a knot of ribbon, metal, lace etc. worn as part of a ceremonial dress. 3. an epaulet.
Shoulder-length adj (of hair) reaching to the shoulders.
Shoulderless adj Without shoulders.
Shoulder-like adj Resembling or characteristic of a shoulder.
Shoulder mark n The shoulder strap of a US naval officer.
Shoulder-strap n A strap worn over the shoulder. 2. a strap or piece worn over the shoulder to support a loose upper garment. 3. a narrow strap on the shoulder of a uniform.
Shove vb To thrust, push (with violence), but now less dignified in use, often suggesting some notion of roughnness, carelessness or harshiness. 2. To thrust a weapon. 3. banish, eject object, from an office, society. 4. To impart, communicate, to move a heavy object forward through muscular strength from behind. 5. to force onward by pushing. 6. to cause to fall over a cliff or out of a plane. 7. to throw down in. 8. bring into prominence. 9. to impel, urge forward.
Shove phr "Shove off" - to set a boat in motion by pushing with an oar or boat hook. 2. to leave, get-going, depart, start of, begin.
Shovel n Instrument similar to a spade, but with a hollower blade for moving loose materail, such as soil, sand, snow, coal. 2. largish machine with a broad blade or scoop for taking up, removing or throwing loose matter.
Shovel vb To gather up, lift up, dig up or clear away, often in large quanties, earth, snow, etc. with a shovel
Shovelful adj The amount a shovel can hold.
Shovel-hat n A broad-brimmed hat esp. worn by some clergymen.
Shoveling n The act of shoveling.
Shovel-ready adj To be ready, willing and eager to commence a project, esp. a building one.
Shoveller n One who or that which shovels.
Shovel-like adj Resembling or characteristic of a shovel.
Shovelware n (Computing, slang, derogatory) -a haphazard collection of software assembled in terms of quantity rather than quality. 2. (media, slang) traditional media content, such as printed news reports, republished hastily on the Internet without considering the needs and capabilities of that medium.
Shoving n That act of one who shoves.
Show n The act of showing or bringing into view. 2. the exposure to sight or exhibition. 3. a proud or showy display. 4. that which is shown, a spectacle, exhibition, representation. 5. a sight, semblance, likeness, appearance. 5. false semblance, pretense, deceit. 6. ostentation, parade, pomp, display. 7. a likeness, appearance, pretence; indication. 7. the appearance of blood and mucus; discharged from the vagina at the commencement of labour; the menses.
Show vb To exhibit, view, or present; to place in sight to display. 2. to tell, reveal, make known. 4. to direct, guide, lead, usher. 5. to make approach or clear by evidence. 6. to prove, explain, to manifest, to evince. 7. to bestow, confer, afford.
Show phr "Give the (Whole) Show Away" - demonstrated the inadequacies and reveal the truth.
Show phr "Nothing to Show for" - for no visible result of (effort etc).
Show phr "On Show" - being exhibited.
Show phr "Show Fight" - be persistent, offer resistance. 2. be belligerent.
Show phr "Show Forth" - to manifest, publish, proclaim. 2. exhibit, display, expound.
Show phr "Show In" - to lead or direct to an enclosed space, usually a room.
Show phr "Show Off" - to exhibit the best attributes of something. 2. to attract attention to for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism; to demonstrate a skill, talent or property for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism. 3. to make an ostentatious display.
Show phr "Show Of Hands" - a raising of hands to indicate judgement. 2. a vote taken by a show of hands.
Show phr "Show One's Hand" - disclose one's plans.
Show phr "Show Oneself" - be seen in public.
Show phr "Show One's Teeth" -reveal one's strength; be aggressive.
Show phr "Show One the Door" - to escort someone to the exit of the premises; to expel someone from a room, gathering, etc. 2.(idiomatic, by extension, especially of a person) To dismiss, fire, or reject; to exclude someone who was formerly included.
Show phr "Show Out" -
Show phr "Show Someone the Ropes" - explain the fundamentals of something to someome.
Show phr "Show the Cloven Foot/Hoof" - to reveal a devilish character or an evil purpose, despite attempts to disguise it.
Show phr "Show the Way" - indicate what has to be done, by attempting it first. 2. show others which way to go etc.
Show phr "Show the White Feather" - to show cowardice; appear cowardly.
Show phr "Show Through" - be visible through a cover. 2. (of real feelings) be revealed inadvertently.
Show phr "Show Up" - to appear, to attend, especially suddenly or erratically. 2. to make visible or expose faults and deficiences usually by comparison. 3. make clearly visible or conspicuous; to stand out prominently. 4. reveal a fraud, impostor, inferiority, etc). appear, be present, arrive. 5. ridicule, embarrass or humiliate.
Show phr "Show What One Is Made of" - to demonstrate one's coverage, stamina etc.
Show phr "Show Willing" - to show enthusiasm and energy. 2. to make a valiant effort. 3. to indicate one's willingness. 4. to acquiesce, co-operate. 5. to pretend to be willing, to bluff.
Show-and-tell n A school activity in which each student brigs an item to school and gives a talk on it to the class.
Show-barn n A building for exhibiting cattle and other domestic animals, as at a country fairgrounds.
Show bench n A bench or stand on which entries are placed at dog or other animals shows, horticultural shows, fairs or similar events.
Show boat n In the US, a river steamboat having a resident theatre. 2. (informal) a show-off; braggart.
Show box n A box containing some object of curiosity carried around as a show.
Show-business n The business or activities - the entertainment industry- relating to or providing entertainment on stage, theatre, television, radio or other mediums. 2. Showbiz (slang).
Show-bizzy adj Relating or pertaining to the activities of show business.
Show day n A public holiday (in some Australian States) where agricultural shows are held.
Show-down n A hostile, often violent disagreement, confrontation or conflict face-to-face.
Show end n The end of a piece of cloth on the outside of the roll, for exhibition to customers.
Shower n A plumbing piece that sends water over you in a spray when taking a shower. 2. a short falling of rain; a great dropping of leaves, etc; a coming in abundance of letters, money; a profuse of kind words or praise to a person. 3. a sudden pouring out of tears. 4. a sprinkle of a spray of any kind of liquid.
Shower n Someone who organises or produces a stage-show.
Shower vb To water with a shower. 2. to bestow liberally, to distribute or give in abundance.
Shower phr "Shower Down" - to fall from the sky, especially in vast qualities.
Shower phr "Shower in a Can" - a can of deodorant, typically used when there is no time for a real shower (humorous slang).
Shower phr "Shower With" - to give someone an abundance of something.
Shower bath n A bath equipped with a fine-spraying shower over it.
Showerful adj Full of showers; rainy.
Shower-head n The part of the shower where the water comes out.
Showeriness n The state or condition of being showery or unsettled.
Showerless adj Without rain; rainless. 2, without a bathroom shower fitting.
Shower shoe n A slip-on shoe designed to be worn indoors on a wet surface.
Showery adj Raining intermittently, in showers or in short duration.
Show-field n A field used as a showground.
Show-folk n Person working in the entertainment industry.
Show forth vb To manifest, publish, proclaim.
Showful adj Showy; gaudy.
Show-glass n A mirror; a glass that displays a object. 2. a full-length mirror for use in shops.
Show-goer n One who attends a show.
Showground n A place where a watchable event occurs.
Show-home n A house that is furnished and shown to prospective homebuyers as an example of the kind of home they may buy.
Show-horse n A horse used in showjumping.
Show-house n A shop or other building in which wares are displayed.
Showily adv In a showy manner, ostentatiously pompously.
Showiness n A specious or ostentatious display.
Showing n The action of displaying, exhibiting, manifesting to the public or an individual. 2. the fact of being displayed, exhibited. 3. to show a movie, film, exhibition of art, books etc. 4. a display, a representation; an opportunity of showing one's power.
Showing-finger n The forefinger; the arrow finger.
Showish adj Ostentatious, showy.
Showlike adj Resembling or characteristic of a show.
Showman n An entertainer, singer, musician, dancer etc. 2. a theatrician, impresario, promoter of ashow. 3. one who stages, manages or produces works in the entertainment industry. 4. one (fig.) who dramatises or overplays a situation or incident. 5. a specious person who habitually draws attention to himself.
Showmanish adj Chracteristic of a showman or showmanship.
Showmanship n The quality or skill of giving an engaging or compelling performance; a stage prescence.
Show-me excl an exclamation that demands demonstration. 2. believing only in clear evidence, extremely sceptical.
Show-off n A person who acts over-proudly, ostentatiously or flaunts his achievements or percieved status. 2. showing-off.
Show-of-hands n raising hands indicating a vote for or against , usually without being counted.
Show-ring n A ring where animals are exhibited.
Show-room n A room used for the display of goods or merchandise. 2. a room in which a show is exhibited. 3. the rooms in a large mansion, which are regularly shown to vistors.
Show-run n To act as a showrunner for a television show.
Showrunner n The person in overall charge of the production of a television show.
Show stone n A piece of glass or crystal supposed to have the property of showing images of persons of things not present, thus indicating in that way future events; a crystal ball.
Show-stopper n A performance so outstanding or a moment so overwhelming in a show that those watching are awestruck. 2. Someone who is so strikingly attractive or something that is full of natural appeal.
Show-stopping n Characteristic of a showstopper.
Show time n A time at which an entertainment event is set to begin. 2. (fig.) the time for action.
Show up vb To show, reveal, make known, make clear. 2. to manifest, publish, proclaim.
Show window n A windowed, street-facing compartment in which a selection of a store's goods and wares are shown.
Showy adj Of visible objects, presenting an imposing or striking presence for making a good display. 2. proud, ostentatious or over-showing in display or parade. 3. marked by ostentation, but often completely tasteless. 4. superficially attractive and stylish, suggesting wealth without wisdom. 5. splendid, gorgeous, fine, great, magnificent, gaudy, pompous.
Shred n A fragment, piece, particle, shard, cut or broken off. 2. a narrow strip, scrap, a thrum; a small piece of cloth, paper. 3. a tiny or scarcely detectable amount, a whit or smidge. 4.
Shred vb To destroy. 2. to prune, lop off a branch. 3. to strip one of his or her wealth. 4. to cut off a lock of hair. 5. to pare, peel, cut away, cut down, shave away. 6. to cut into shreds or thin strips or slices, esp. in cooking. 7. cut or tear into narrow strips, paper, documents into an unreadable state. 8. to become divide into small pieces, parts. 9. cut or sever with scissors. 10. cleave, hack, tear into pieces or two parts. 11. to lop or prune.
Shredded adj Cut or torn into narrow pieces. 2. in bodybuilding: having extremely muscular definition.
Shredden vb To make or made of shreds, patchwork, thrums, strips, fragments etc.
Shredder n A device that shreds documents for security reasons, that is, to prevent the wrong people from reading or copying them.
Shredding n The act of cutting or tearing into shreds. 2, that is cut or torn off: a fragment, thrum, a mote. 3. fig, to destroy someone or something good name: " to shred someone reputation."
Shreddy adj Consisting of shreds, in a tattered, ragged condition. 2. thrummy, fragmented
Shredling n A minute portion, part, mote, bit, shreddigs.
Shredless adj Without shreds, thrum, fragments
Shreitch n The Missel-thrush
Shrench vb To place cross-wise. 2. to put in as stumbling block, put in the way of, to entrap. 2. to decieve. 3. to shrivel with heat.
Shrepe vb To scratch.
Shrew n The Sorex. 2. a wicked, evil-disposed, or malignant man. 3. a mischievous or vexatious person; a rascal, villian. 3. a woman of vexatious, scolding or nagging disposition.
Shrewd adj Shrewdish, cunning, artful, wily, mindful. 2. evil, ill-disposed, wicked, malicious. 3. inclined to scold, curse, hence nasty, vicious, malicious, wicked, vexatious, unfair. 4. able, clever in everyday matters, astute in business. 5. sharp-witted, wise, sagacious, keen. 6. critical, subtle, artful, acute, discerning, penetrating, farsighted, canny.
Shrewdom n Wickedness, shrewness, shrewhood.
Shrewd-head n A cunning person, a shrewdie.
Shrewd-hearted adj Ruled by reason rather than sentiment. 2. wordly, worldly-wise, astute. 3. cunning, artful, wily.
Shrewdish adj Somewhat shrewd.
Shrewdishness n Thhe qualty of being shrewd.
Shrewdly adv In a shrewd manner.
Shrewdness n The quality of being shrewd.
Shrewd-tongued adj Cunning in speech and argument. 2. careful and calculating in speech and speaking.
Shrewish adj Having the manner of a shrew; sharp-tongued, cantankerous, nagging.
Shrewishly adv In a shrewish manner.
Shrewishness n The state or quality of being shrewish.
Shrewlike adj Resembling a shrew (mammal) or some aspect of one. 2. resembling a shrew (ill-tempered woman); shrewish
Shride vb OE. scrydan. to cloth, provide with clothes. 2. to ward off
Shriding n Clothing, apparel, garments.
Shrift n A thing confessed to a priest. 2. penance imposed by a priest after confession. "to nim, take or do shrift." 3. short shrift:
Shrift n The act of doing shrift or penance. 2. a father confessor.
Shrift-father n A priest who listens to confessions.
Shriftness n Confession.
Shrike vb ??Of birds: to pipe or shrike, as the Shrike or Missel Thrush
Shrike-like adj Resembling or characteristic of a shrike.
Shrim vb To shrink or shrivel. 2. to chill or benumb.
Shrine n A worship place made holy by it's history and association with some enshrined, sacred person, event or thing. 2. an altar, tomb, church, sometimes because of it's art, relics or enshrinements.
Shrine-goer n One who visits shrines.
Shrined adj Enshrined.
Shring vb To enshrine. 2. to cherish devoutly, hold sacred.
Shrink n A psychiatrist, psycotherapist. 2. the act of shrinking, contraction, recoil, withdrawal. 3. die-away; fade-away, diminishment, dwindling, ebbing.
Shrink vb To draw back with fear or pain. 2. wither or shrivle up through the loss of moisture. 3. reduce or decrease in range, in size and extent; become smaller or draw together. 4. wrinkle, bend, curl; gather together. 5. to withdraw, retire, shy away from harm or danger. 6. to delay or decline action through fear, horror or caution; to recoil from fear, horror or distress. 7. to pull back from distress, fear or horror. 8. to express fear, horror or pain by conntracting the body or part of it. 9. to shake, shudder, quake. 10. to ebb, fade, falter.
Shrink phr "Shrink Away" - to draw back in fear, cringe,back down, shy away.
Shrink phr "Shrink Back" - to back way or retreat,to abandon.
Shrink phr "Shrink Into Oneself" - become withdrawn.
Shrink phr "Shrink On" -Onshrink: to adhere firmly and tightly around another by natural contraction through cooling.
Shrink phr "Shrink Up" - to contract or shrink completely, shrink up.
Shrinker n One who shrinks or recoils from the truth, from duty, danger or the like. 2. an apostate: one who shrinks from faith.
Shrinking n The process or result of becoming less or smaller. 2. the act of becoming less. 3. ebbing, fading, falter.
Shrinking adj Withering, lessening, diminishing in size. 2. wrinkly, bendy, curly.
Shrinkingly adv In a shrinking manner.
Shrink-swell vb The capacity of certain clay minerals to expand when wet and retracts when dry.
Shrinky adj Characterstic of a shrink (a psychologist)
Shrithe vb To go; take oneself away to a place; go about. 2. to proceed, move; creep, roam, wander.
Shrive vb (Of a priest) hear the confession of an assigned penance to, and absolve. 2. (of a penitent) submit oneself to a priest for confession. 3 to allot, assign, decree, adjudge, impose a sentence, impose penance, regard, care for, shrift.
Shroud n OE scrud. a covered place used as a shelter or refuge. 2. a cave, den, crypt, vault under a church. 3. a clothing, garment, cloth of sheet wound around the corpse before burial. 4. the dress of the dead.
Shroud vb To hide, conceal, cover, mist over. 2. that which clothes, conceals or protects. 3. to take shelter, harbour, hide
Shroudless adj Without a shroud.
Shroud-like n Resembling or characteristic of a shroud.
Shroud-waved adj Opposing or against a proposed policy on the grounds that it will result in death.
Shroud-waver n One who argues against a proposed policy on the grounds that it will result in death.
Shroud-waving n In derogatory manner - arguing against a proposed policy on the grounds that it will result in death.
Shroudy adj Affording shelter.
Shrove n Penalty, punishment, shrift. 2. confession, 3. absolution.
Shrove vb OE. scrivan: to impose penalty, punishment, shrift upon. 2. to hear the confession and adminster absolution. 3. to make merry, merrymake.
Shrove Tide n The period immediately before Lent; ending on Shrove Tuesday, when in the Middle ages the people 'shrove' themselves or made their annual confession of sins.
Shrove Tuesday n The day before Ash Wednesday.
Shrub n OE. shrob. 2. a woody plant of less size than a tree, and usu. with several stems from the the same root. 2. underwood: shrubs and smaller trees.
Shrub vb To lop, prune.
Shrubbiness n The state or quality of being shrubby.
Shrubble n A little sprout or shrub.
Shrubby adj The nature of a shrub; full of shrubs.
Shrunken adj Contracted, shriveled, reduced, narrowed in size.
Shun vb To avoid and stay away from deliberately. 2. stay clear of, get out of the way of, escape from. 3. eschew. 4. expel from a community, banish, ban, ostracise, cast out. 5.
Shunning n The act of deliberately avoiding; keeping away or clear off, preventing from happening. 2. escaping fom, eschewing
Shurt vb To amuse oneself, pass the time.
Shurting n Amusement, past-time, hobby, interest, diversion.
Shury adj Scurfy.
Shut vb To close the eyes or mouth. 2. to obstruct a passage; to close so as to hinder entry or exit. 3. to prevent from entering; shut out. 4. keep out , exclude, preclude, bar, prohibit. 5. to hold together, to close over, to close by bringing the parts togther.
Shut phr "Shut Away" - to put in a place where something cannot be removed or got out of. 2. to lock away, puut away, lock in, shut up.
Shut phr "Shut Down" - to stop from or cause to operate. 2. close up, close down. 3. push a window into a closed position.
Shut phr "Shut In" - (of hills, houses) encircle, prevent access, etc to, escape from (were shut in by the sea on three sides). 2. to enclose, confine, to cover or block the view of.
Shut phr "Shut It" - shut up, be quiet, remain silent.
Shut phr "Shut Off" - to prevent te passage of, as water from a tap or through an irrigation system. 2. to block the flow of or shutting off any kind of liquid, such as gas, oil, water. 3. to exclude, keep out, avoid. 4. to shut oneself off from some painful or hurtful emotion situation by denial.
Shut phr "Shut One's Ears, Eyes, Heart, Mind" - pretend not, or refuse to, to see (or hear, feel sympathy for or think about).
Shut phr "Shut One's Mouth" - to refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information.
Shut phr "Shut Out" - to exclude from entry, deny admission (often such occurs during a industrial dispute where the employers stop the workers from entering the workplace) 2. to shut oneself off from some painful or hurtful emotion situation by denial. 3. be rid of.
Shut phr "Shut the Door On" - to refuse to consider, make impossible, remember, accept, or engage in.
Shut phr 'Shut to" - close a door. 2. (of a door) close a door as far as it will go.
Shut phr "Shut Together" - to unite, to link, to close, to end simultaneously, to culminate.
Shut phr "Shut Up" - to close (a building) so that no one can enter; to close, make fast or secure the entrances. 2. to end , finish, terminate, conclude, to terminate (a business). 3. to enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave; to enclose, confine, imprison, to fasten; to shut or lock up a prisoner. 4. to put (an object) in a secure enclosed place, as a box. 5. to obstruct, as in a passage through something. 6. of a person, to stop talking or (of a person or thing) making noise or to be silent by rebuke; to cause to become silent through fear, intimidation or threat. 7. to unite two pieces, as in welding or joining them together. 8. (slang) to murder, kill.
Shut phr "Shut Up Shop" - to shut up shop: to end a business activity.
Shut phr "Shut Your Mouth" - an impolite request to stop talking.
Shut-down n The stopping from or causing to operate. 2. the closing up, or closing down of.
Shute n A channel or open trough for conveying water, esp. to a lower level. 2. a gutter fixed between the eves of a building. 3. a sudden flood in a river, a freshet. 4. a steep (artificial) channel or enclosed passage down which ore, coal, grain is shot to a receptacle below.
Shut-eye n (Slang) for sleep, doze, kip, forty-winks or a nap.
Shut-in n A person confined from normal social intercourse; an agrophobiac. 2. someone who is incapacitated by chronic illness or injury and finds it difficult to go out into society.
Shut-in adj Somewhat introverted, retiring, shy, closeted.
Shut-minded adj Of a closed mind, not ready to recieve new ideas. 2. uninnovative; conservative, narrow-minded.
Shut-mindedness n The state or quality of having a closed, conservative, uninnovative mind.
Shut-mouthed adj Word-bound, quiet, taciturn, unwordy. 2. not apt to talk, reserved, silent, uncommunicative. 3. dumb, mute, aphasic.
Shut-off n Something used for stopping an operation. 2. a cessation of flow, supply, or activity.
Shut-out n The act of denying entry or admission to someone or representatives of a group. 2. a state of mind where one shut oneself out (shut-out) from some painful or hurtful emotion situation by denial.
Shutter n A hinged blind for a window. 2. an opening, aperture of any kind. 3. one who opens and shuts any kind of aperture. 4. each of a pair of or set of panels (or slats) fixed inside or outside a window for security or privacy or to keep the light in or out. 5. a device which exposes a film in a photographic camera.
Shutter vb To put up the shutters of. 2. provide with shutters.
Shutter phr "Put Up the Shutters" - cease business for the day.
Shutter shades n A style of sunglasses which have frames containing horizontal slats as opposed to tinted lenses.
Shutter-speed n (Photography) the duration of time which the shutter of a camera remains open when exposing photographic film or other photo sensitive material to light for the purpose of recording an image.
Shutting-in n to stop from or cause to operate. 2. close up, close down.
Shutting-in n The evening, nightfall, dusk. ('The Shutting-in')
Shutting-off n The act of stemming the flow of something etc., usu. gas, water . 2. the closing off, isolating or separating something. 3. the blocking off of the paasage of.
Shuttle n A bobbin in weaving loom and a sewing machine. 2. a arrow, dart, missile. 3. a bolt, bar or shuttle on a door. 4. a shutter or shuttle on a channel made to carry molten lead. 5. a space shuttle. 6. a floodgate in a millstream.
Shuttle vb To move backwards and forwards (to and fro) like a shuttle. 2. to come and go; ebb and flow; wax and wane. 2. travel in a shuttle.
Shuttle-box n A box fitted to the ends of the race of a loom to help direct a flying shuttle and its driver. 2. an apparatus used in experiments on animals, with two electrifiable chambers connected by a hole.
Shuttle-bone n Each of the bones in the forearm.
Shuttle-brain n Fickle; flighty.
Shuttle-driver n A device for moving the shuttle between the shuttle boxes and through the warp of a loom.
Shuttlecraft n A relatively small spacecraft, usually capable of atmospheric transport.
Shuttleless adj (Of a loom) without a shuttle.
Shuttlewise adv Back and forth, like a shuttle
Shuttle-witted adj Fickle; flighty.
Shut up vb To close , make fast or secure the entrances. 2. to obstruct, as in a passage through something. 3. to enclose, confine, imprison, to fasten. 4. to shut or lock up a prisoner. 5. to end , finish, terminate, conclude. 6. to unite two pieces, as in welding or joining them together. 7. to cause to become silent through fear, intimidation or threat.
Shy adj Lacking self-confidence, diffident, abashed, timid, demure. 2. worried and distrustful, inclining to avoid persons and situations. 3. easily frightened, fearful, nervous, cautious, wary, suspicious. 4. reserved, coy, embarrassed.
Shy phr "Fight Shy Of" - to avoid.
Shy phr "A Shy Bairn Gets Nowt" - if you are too shy, and don't ask, you won't get what you want.
Shy phr "Look Shy At" - to distrust.
Shy phr "Shy Away From." -to avoid having to deal with some unpleasant situation.
Shy bladder n An inability to urinate in the presence of others.
Shyful adj Exhibiting shyness; timid.
Shying n The act of one who shies or turns aside in fear.
Shying adj Avoiding, reticent, fearful, bashful, timid, diffident.
Shyly adv In a shy manner.
Shyness n The quality or state of being shy, bashful, reserved, coy, timid, diffident.
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