Chapter 72

shake,n.jar, shivering,jolt,shaking,shudder.shaking,n.concussion,agitation,disturbance,trembling,convulsion.shaky,a.trembling,shaking; (Colloq.)unsound, tottering.shallow,a.shoal; superficial,frivolous,senseless.sham,n.pretense,feint,delusion, imposition,mockery,fraud,imitation, dissimulation,simulation.sham,a.counterfeit,spurious, pretended, dummy, unrealfalse,mock, simulated.sham,v.feign,pretend,imitate,personate, dissimulate.shame,n.ignominy,dishonor,reproach,derision, contemptdiscredit, opprobrium,scandal,disgrace, obloquy;mortification,abashment,humiliation,discomfiture;modesty,decency.shame,v.humiliate,mortify, disconcert;disgrace,degrade;mock,deride,ridicule.shamefaced,a.bashful,diffident,modest.shameful,a.indecent,immodest,obscene;scandalous,disgraceful,reproachful,ignominious,infamous, flagitious, disreputable,vile, opprobrious.shameless,a.immodest, unabashed,indelicate,indecent,unblushing,audacious,brazen-faced,abandoned,graceless.shammy,n.chamois.shanty,n.hut,hovel,shack.shape,v.form,mould,fashion,frame; adjust, regulate,design,plan,arrange.shape,n.form,figure,guise,appearance.shapeless,a.misshapen, unsymmetrical,unshapely,formless, amorphous.shapely,a.symmetrical, well-formed,comely, well-proportioned.share,v.apportion,divide;partake, participate in.share,n.portion,allotment,quota,dole, proportion, contingent, dividend.sharer,n.participator,partaker; divider, distributor.shark,n.(Colloq.)sharper,trickster,cheat, swindler;fraud,trickery.sharp,a.pointed, trenchant, incisive,keen;poignant,piercing, acute,penetrating,severe, excruciating,intense,subtile,violent;biting,sarcastic,acrimonious,acrid,cutting;sagacious,clever, perspicacious,ingenious,bright,discerning, resourceful, astute,shrewd,apt,smart,long-headed, acuminous;fierce,fiery,unquenchable, eager;exacting,close;steep,abrupt, precipitous;pungent, piquantpeppery, high-seasoned:shrill,piercing;peaked, ridged.sharpen,v.intensify,aggravate,quicken;hone,grind,point, whet.sharpening stone.whetstone,hone,oilstone, grindstone, abradant.sharper,n.trickster, swindler,knave,cheat,extortioner,blackleg.sharpness,n.keenness, poignancy, acuity, acuteness,edge; asperity,acrimony, impatience;acumen,sagacity,shrewdness, astuteness,aptness; pungency,piquancy.sharp practice.trickery,chicanery.sharp-sighted,a.eagle-eyed, acute, perspicacious, argus-eyed.shatter,v.shiver,demolish;disorder, derange.shave,n.shaving; spokeshave, drawshave.sheath,n.case, scabbard;covering.shed,v.diffuse, emit,radiate,spread;cast, exuviate,moult,mew, discard; doff.shed,n.outhouse,lean-to,shack,shanty.shedding,n.(skins,shells,etc.) exuviation, ecdysis,moulting.she-devil,n.Jezebel,fury, virago, termagant.sheen,n.shine,luster,gloss,brightness,splendor.sheep,n.Ovis,Ovis aries; (male)ram,buck; (female) ewe; (young)lamb, eanling; (castrated ram) wether; (leader of the flock) bellwether; hoggerel, hogget.Associated words: bleat, braxy, gid, mutton,flock, ovine,shepherd, shepherdess, cosset, raddle, yean, ean, lowbell, abigeat, sheepcote,fold.sheep-dog,n.collie, shepherddog.sheepish,a.bashful,shy, over-modest.sheepskin,n.sheep-pelt,pelt, woolfell; roan; (Cant) diploma.Associated words: fellmonger, woolpuller, skiver, budge.sheer,a.thin;unadulterated,pure, unmixed; precipitous,abrupt,perpendicular.shelf,n.mantel, mantelpiece;bracket,console;ledge,shallow,shoal; banquette.shell,n.shuck, putamen;test, testa, episperm, spermoderm.Associated words: scleroid, enucleate, enucleation, inenucleable.shell,n.armature,case, exoskeleton, shale; carapace, plastron; cockle, conch, periwinkle, cowrie, whelk, mitreshell, abiloneshell; exuviae (cast-off); conchite (fossil).Associated words: conchology, conchologist, malacology, testaceous, cockled, mollusk, conchiferous, conchiform conchometer, conchometry, crustacean, exuvial, exuviate, exuviation, Loricata, bivalve, multivalve, univalve.shell,n.framework;bomb, torpedo, shrapnel, grenade.shell,v.hull,shuck, shale, enucleate; bombard,besiege.shellfish,n. pl.Mollusks, Mollusca, Testacea.shell money.wampum, hiagua, peag, colcol, kopkops, seawan, suckanhock.shelter,n.protection,screen,cover,shield,defense,covert,security, lee;asylum,refuge,retreat,haven,sanctuary.shelter,v.shield,protect,defend,screen, ensconce,cover.Antonym:expose.sheltered,a.protected,covert.shepherd,n.pastor, pastoralist.Associated words: bucolic, pastoral,staff,crook.shibboleth,n.watchword, partycry.shield,n.ægis, buckler, escutcheon, scutcheon, pavise, scutum;defense,protection, palladium,bulwark,safeguard.Associated words: scutal, bouche.shield,v.defend,protect,safeguard; ward off,repel.shield-shaped,a.thyroid.shift,v.veer,change,turn;quirk,quibble, palter;change,substitute.shift,n.subterfuge,device,contrivance,evasion,stratagem,trick,dodge;resource, expedient,change,substitution;chemise.shifting,a.unstable,variable,changeable.shiftless,a.improvident, unthrifty,thriftless,wasteful.Antonyms:thrifty,industrious.shilly-shally,adv.irresolutely, hesitatingly.shilly-shally,n.hesitation,irresolution,indecision,vacillation,wavering,trifling,evasion,dalliance.shilly-shally,v.hesitate,waver,trifle,dally,vacillate,dodge, beirresolute.shin,n.shank.shindy,n.(Slang)uproar,disturbance,riot,row; hockey;liking,fancy.shine,v.beam,radiate,gleam, irradiate,glisten, glow,glitter,flare,glare;excel,surpass;polish.shine,n.luster,polish,gloss,sheen,radiance, resplendence,brilliancy, lucency, glaze.shine,n.(Slang)liking,fancy;caper,antic,dido.shining,a.radiant,beaming,lustrous,luminous,glowing,brilliant, lucent,bright,sleek, glazed, glistening, splendent, resplendent,glossy, shiny;conspicuous,noticeable.shining between.interlucent.shining round.circumfulgent.ship,n.vessel.Associated words: barratry, hypothecate, hypothecation.ship,v.transport; deport; (Colloq.)dismiss, sendaway.shipbuilder,n.shipwright.shipment,n.shipping, transportation; consignment.ship mortgage.bottomry, hypothecation.shipping,n.shipment, transportation; navigation.shipwreck,n.wreckage;disaster,destruction,ruin, subversion,miscarriage.Associated words: salvage, flotsam, jetsam,derelict, jettison.shipwrecked person.castaway.shirk,v.avoid,evade,neglect.shirt,n.smock,chemise,shift, tunic, camise.shiver,n.splinter,sliver; shivering, tremor, horripilation.shoal,n.shallow, sandbank,bar.--a.shallow.shock,v.dismay, horrify, appall,terrify,frighten; stook; astound,stun,paralyze,scandalize,outrage,offend.shock,n.impact,blow,collision, concussion, onset, brunt,clash, percussion; stroke,blow; stook, hattock.shocking,a.scandalous, appalling,offensive,outrageous,heinous, dire.shod,p.p.anda.calced, calceated.shoddy,a.(Colloq.)sham,spurious,mock.shoddy,n.ragwool, mungo.shoe,n.boot, balmoral, Goodyear welt,clog, sock, buskin, sandal,slipper, creedmore, Creole,stogy, chopine, brogan, blucher, bottine, moccasin, oxford, sabot,pump, cracowes, poulaine,racket.shoemaker,n.crispin, cordwainer (Archaic).shoe mender.cobbler.shoe mending.cobbling.shoestring,n.shoelace, latchet.shoot,n.chute, shute, flume,channel.shoot,n.tiller,sucker,sprout,offshoot, chit,twig,scion.shoot,v.discharge,fire;eject, hurl, emit, ejaculate; protrude, project,extend,jut; germinate,sprout;penetrate,dart; fusillade; tiller.shooting,a.darting,piercing.shop,n.workshop,factory;store;warehouse; atelier,studio.shore,n.beach,coast, strand, marge.Associated words: littoral, circumlittoral, limicoline, shingle,beached.shore,v.prop,brace,buttress,support,stay.shorn,a.sheared, clipped; divested, deprived, fleeced.short,a.brief, contracted, terse,concise, condensed,sententious, laconic, succinct,summary, epigrammatic,pithy;limited,inadequate,insufficient,deficient,scanty;abrupt, curt,uncivil;lacking,shy,unsupplied;crisp, friable,brittle.Antonyms:diffuse, prolix,long.shortage,n.deficiency,insufficiency, inadequacy, deficit, ullage.Antonyms: Seesurplus.short-billed,a.brevirostral, brevirostrate.shortcoming,n.defect,imperfection,fault, foible,failure.shorten,v.abridge, abbreviate,curtail,reduce, epitomize,contract,retrench,condense,diminish;limit,restrict,restrain,confine, circumscribe;dock,lop.shortening,n.abbreviation,abridgment,contraction, curtailment,reduction,retrenchment.shorthand,n.phonography,stenography.short-headed,a.brachycephalous.short-legged,a.breviped.short-lived,a.ephemeral,mushroom, transitory.shortness,n.brevity,briefness, conciseness, laconism, inadequacy,deficiency,insufficiency,shortage, deficit.short-sighted,a.myopic,near-sighted;unwise,impudent,indiscreet.short-sightedness,n.myopia,near-sightedness; unwisdom, imprudence,indiscretion.short-sighted person.myope.short-winged,a.brevipennate.shot,n.discharge; projectile, bullet,ball; marksman;range,reach.shoulder,n.Associated words: epaulet, shrug, espauliere, scapular, scapulary, baldric, infrascapular, omagra.shoulder,v.jostle,push;assume,bear.shoulder blade.scapula, omoplate.shout,n.vociferation, halloo, outcry,call,hoot,clamor, acclamation.shout,v.vociferate,yell, halloo,call,clamor, acclaim.show,n.exposure,exhibition,exposition, demonstration, representation;display,spectacle, ostentation,parade,pomp,flourish, splurge, pageantry,splendor:appearance, semblance;pretense, puppetry, speciousness,simulation.show,v.exhibit,present,display,uncover,reveal, disclose,manifest, divulge, evince,proclaim;direct,guide,usher,conduct; demonstrate,explain, expound, exemplify;indicate,signify.showing,n.demonstration,exhibition, presentation,revelation, disclosure,exposition,manifestation;direction, guidance, ushering;explanation, expounding,illustration,interpretation,indication, exemplification.Associated words: ostensive, ostensible, exhibiting, expository.showy,a.spectacular, pageant,ostentatious,pompous; garish,gaudy, meretricious,gorgeous,flashy, bedizened,gay,conspicuous,tinsel.Antonyms: inconspicuous,modest, unostentatious,quiet,subdued.shred,n.fragment, tatter,rag,strip,frazzle.shrew,n.scold, brawler, termagant,vixen, virago, Xantippe.shrewd,a.astute,sharp;cunning,crafty,wily,artful,long-headed.shrewdness,n.acumen, astuteness,sharpness, long-headedness.shrewish,a.vixenish, termagant,brawling,clamorous.

shake,n.jar, shivering,jolt,shaking,shudder.

shaking,n.concussion,agitation,disturbance,trembling,convulsion.

shaky,a.trembling,shaking; (Colloq.)unsound, tottering.

shallow,a.shoal; superficial,frivolous,senseless.

sham,n.pretense,feint,delusion, imposition,mockery,fraud,imitation, dissimulation,simulation.

sham,a.counterfeit,spurious, pretended, dummy, unrealfalse,mock, simulated.

sham,v.feign,pretend,imitate,personate, dissimulate.

shame,n.ignominy,dishonor,reproach,derision, contemptdiscredit, opprobrium,scandal,disgrace, obloquy;mortification,abashment,humiliation,discomfiture;modesty,decency.

shame,v.humiliate,mortify, disconcert;disgrace,degrade;mock,deride,ridicule.

shamefaced,a.bashful,diffident,modest.

shameful,a.indecent,immodest,obscene;scandalous,disgraceful,reproachful,ignominious,infamous, flagitious, disreputable,vile, opprobrious.

shameless,a.immodest, unabashed,indelicate,indecent,unblushing,audacious,brazen-faced,abandoned,graceless.

shammy,n.chamois.

shanty,n.hut,hovel,shack.

shape,v.form,mould,fashion,frame; adjust, regulate,design,plan,arrange.

shape,n.form,figure,guise,appearance.

shapeless,a.misshapen, unsymmetrical,unshapely,formless, amorphous.

shapely,a.symmetrical, well-formed,comely, well-proportioned.

share,v.apportion,divide;partake, participate in.

share,n.portion,allotment,quota,dole, proportion, contingent, dividend.

sharer,n.participator,partaker; divider, distributor.

shark,n.(Colloq.)sharper,trickster,cheat, swindler;fraud,trickery.

sharp,a.pointed, trenchant, incisive,keen;poignant,piercing, acute,penetrating,severe, excruciating,intense,subtile,violent;biting,sarcastic,acrimonious,acrid,cutting;sagacious,clever, perspicacious,ingenious,bright,discerning, resourceful, astute,shrewd,apt,smart,long-headed, acuminous;fierce,fiery,unquenchable, eager;exacting,close;steep,abrupt, precipitous;pungent, piquantpeppery, high-seasoned:shrill,piercing;peaked, ridged.

sharpen,v.intensify,aggravate,quicken;hone,grind,point, whet.

sharpening stone.whetstone,hone,oilstone, grindstone, abradant.

sharper,n.trickster, swindler,knave,cheat,extortioner,blackleg.

sharpness,n.keenness, poignancy, acuity, acuteness,edge; asperity,acrimony, impatience;acumen,sagacity,shrewdness, astuteness,aptness; pungency,piquancy.

sharp practice.trickery,chicanery.

sharp-sighted,a.eagle-eyed, acute, perspicacious, argus-eyed.

shatter,v.shiver,demolish;disorder, derange.

shave,n.shaving; spokeshave, drawshave.

sheath,n.case, scabbard;covering.

shed,v.diffuse, emit,radiate,spread;cast, exuviate,moult,mew, discard; doff.

shed,n.outhouse,lean-to,shack,shanty.

shedding,n.(skins,shells,etc.) exuviation, ecdysis,moulting.

she-devil,n.Jezebel,fury, virago, termagant.

sheen,n.shine,luster,gloss,brightness,splendor.

sheep,n.Ovis,Ovis aries; (male)ram,buck; (female) ewe; (young)lamb, eanling; (castrated ram) wether; (leader of the flock) bellwether; hoggerel, hogget.Associated words: bleat, braxy, gid, mutton,flock, ovine,shepherd, shepherdess, cosset, raddle, yean, ean, lowbell, abigeat, sheepcote,fold.

sheep-dog,n.collie, shepherddog.

sheepish,a.bashful,shy, over-modest.

sheepskin,n.sheep-pelt,pelt, woolfell; roan; (Cant) diploma.Associated words: fellmonger, woolpuller, skiver, budge.

sheer,a.thin;unadulterated,pure, unmixed; precipitous,abrupt,perpendicular.

shelf,n.mantel, mantelpiece;bracket,console;ledge,shallow,shoal; banquette.

shell,n.shuck, putamen;test, testa, episperm, spermoderm.Associated words: scleroid, enucleate, enucleation, inenucleable.

shell,n.armature,case, exoskeleton, shale; carapace, plastron; cockle, conch, periwinkle, cowrie, whelk, mitreshell, abiloneshell; exuviae (cast-off); conchite (fossil).Associated words: conchology, conchologist, malacology, testaceous, cockled, mollusk, conchiferous, conchiform conchometer, conchometry, crustacean, exuvial, exuviate, exuviation, Loricata, bivalve, multivalve, univalve.

shell,n.framework;bomb, torpedo, shrapnel, grenade.

shell,v.hull,shuck, shale, enucleate; bombard,besiege.

shellfish,n. pl.Mollusks, Mollusca, Testacea.

shell money.wampum, hiagua, peag, colcol, kopkops, seawan, suckanhock.

shelter,n.protection,screen,cover,shield,defense,covert,security, lee;asylum,refuge,retreat,haven,sanctuary.

shelter,v.shield,protect,defend,screen, ensconce,cover.Antonym:expose.

sheltered,a.protected,covert.

shepherd,n.pastor, pastoralist.Associated words: bucolic, pastoral,staff,crook.

shibboleth,n.watchword, partycry.

shield,n.ægis, buckler, escutcheon, scutcheon, pavise, scutum;defense,protection, palladium,bulwark,safeguard.Associated words: scutal, bouche.

shield,v.defend,protect,safeguard; ward off,repel.

shield-shaped,a.thyroid.

shift,v.veer,change,turn;quirk,quibble, palter;change,substitute.

shift,n.subterfuge,device,contrivance,evasion,stratagem,trick,dodge;resource, expedient,change,substitution;chemise.

shifting,a.unstable,variable,changeable.

shiftless,a.improvident, unthrifty,thriftless,wasteful.Antonyms:thrifty,industrious.

shilly-shally,adv.irresolutely, hesitatingly.

shilly-shally,n.hesitation,irresolution,indecision,vacillation,wavering,trifling,evasion,dalliance.

shilly-shally,v.hesitate,waver,trifle,dally,vacillate,dodge, beirresolute.

shin,n.shank.

shindy,n.(Slang)uproar,disturbance,riot,row; hockey;liking,fancy.

shine,v.beam,radiate,gleam, irradiate,glisten, glow,glitter,flare,glare;excel,surpass;polish.

shine,n.luster,polish,gloss,sheen,radiance, resplendence,brilliancy, lucency, glaze.

shine,n.(Slang)liking,fancy;caper,antic,dido.

shining,a.radiant,beaming,lustrous,luminous,glowing,brilliant, lucent,bright,sleek, glazed, glistening, splendent, resplendent,glossy, shiny;conspicuous,noticeable.

shining between.interlucent.

shining round.circumfulgent.

ship,n.vessel.Associated words: barratry, hypothecate, hypothecation.

ship,v.transport; deport; (Colloq.)dismiss, sendaway.

shipbuilder,n.shipwright.

shipment,n.shipping, transportation; consignment.

ship mortgage.bottomry, hypothecation.

shipping,n.shipment, transportation; navigation.

shipwreck,n.wreckage;disaster,destruction,ruin, subversion,miscarriage.Associated words: salvage, flotsam, jetsam,derelict, jettison.

shipwrecked person.castaway.

shirk,v.avoid,evade,neglect.

shirt,n.smock,chemise,shift, tunic, camise.

shiver,n.splinter,sliver; shivering, tremor, horripilation.

shoal,n.shallow, sandbank,bar.--a.shallow.

shock,v.dismay, horrify, appall,terrify,frighten; stook; astound,stun,paralyze,scandalize,outrage,offend.

shock,n.impact,blow,collision, concussion, onset, brunt,clash, percussion; stroke,blow; stook, hattock.

shocking,a.scandalous, appalling,offensive,outrageous,heinous, dire.

shod,p.p.anda.calced, calceated.

shoddy,a.(Colloq.)sham,spurious,mock.

shoddy,n.ragwool, mungo.

shoe,n.boot, balmoral, Goodyear welt,clog, sock, buskin, sandal,slipper, creedmore, Creole,stogy, chopine, brogan, blucher, bottine, moccasin, oxford, sabot,pump, cracowes, poulaine,racket.

shoemaker,n.crispin, cordwainer (Archaic).

shoe mender.cobbler.

shoe mending.cobbling.

shoestring,n.shoelace, latchet.

shoot,n.chute, shute, flume,channel.

shoot,n.tiller,sucker,sprout,offshoot, chit,twig,scion.

shoot,v.discharge,fire;eject, hurl, emit, ejaculate; protrude, project,extend,jut; germinate,sprout;penetrate,dart; fusillade; tiller.

shooting,a.darting,piercing.

shop,n.workshop,factory;store;warehouse; atelier,studio.

shore,n.beach,coast, strand, marge.Associated words: littoral, circumlittoral, limicoline, shingle,beached.

shore,v.prop,brace,buttress,support,stay.

shorn,a.sheared, clipped; divested, deprived, fleeced.

short,a.brief, contracted, terse,concise, condensed,sententious, laconic, succinct,summary, epigrammatic,pithy;limited,inadequate,insufficient,deficient,scanty;abrupt, curt,uncivil;lacking,shy,unsupplied;crisp, friable,brittle.Antonyms:diffuse, prolix,long.

shortage,n.deficiency,insufficiency, inadequacy, deficit, ullage.Antonyms: Seesurplus.

short-billed,a.brevirostral, brevirostrate.

shortcoming,n.defect,imperfection,fault, foible,failure.

shorten,v.abridge, abbreviate,curtail,reduce, epitomize,contract,retrench,condense,diminish;limit,restrict,restrain,confine, circumscribe;dock,lop.

shortening,n.abbreviation,abridgment,contraction, curtailment,reduction,retrenchment.

shorthand,n.phonography,stenography.

short-headed,a.brachycephalous.

short-legged,a.breviped.

short-lived,a.ephemeral,mushroom, transitory.

shortness,n.brevity,briefness, conciseness, laconism, inadequacy,deficiency,insufficiency,shortage, deficit.

short-sighted,a.myopic,near-sighted;unwise,impudent,indiscreet.

short-sightedness,n.myopia,near-sightedness; unwisdom, imprudence,indiscretion.

short-sighted person.myope.

short-winged,a.brevipennate.

shot,n.discharge; projectile, bullet,ball; marksman;range,reach.

shoulder,n.Associated words: epaulet, shrug, espauliere, scapular, scapulary, baldric, infrascapular, omagra.

shoulder,v.jostle,push;assume,bear.

shoulder blade.scapula, omoplate.

shout,n.vociferation, halloo, outcry,call,hoot,clamor, acclamation.

shout,v.vociferate,yell, halloo,call,clamor, acclaim.

show,n.exposure,exhibition,exposition, demonstration, representation;display,spectacle, ostentation,parade,pomp,flourish, splurge, pageantry,splendor:appearance, semblance;pretense, puppetry, speciousness,simulation.

show,v.exhibit,present,display,uncover,reveal, disclose,manifest, divulge, evince,proclaim;direct,guide,usher,conduct; demonstrate,explain, expound, exemplify;indicate,signify.

showing,n.demonstration,exhibition, presentation,revelation, disclosure,exposition,manifestation;direction, guidance, ushering;explanation, expounding,illustration,interpretation,indication, exemplification.Associated words: ostensive, ostensible, exhibiting, expository.

showy,a.spectacular, pageant,ostentatious,pompous; garish,gaudy, meretricious,gorgeous,flashy, bedizened,gay,conspicuous,tinsel.Antonyms: inconspicuous,modest, unostentatious,quiet,subdued.

shred,n.fragment, tatter,rag,strip,frazzle.

shrew,n.scold, brawler, termagant,vixen, virago, Xantippe.

shrewd,a.astute,sharp;cunning,crafty,wily,artful,long-headed.

shrewdness,n.acumen, astuteness,sharpness, long-headedness.

shrewish,a.vixenish, termagant,brawling,clamorous.


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