📖 S — The English dictionary · page 32

shady — Everyday, meaning 1: A shady place is out of the sun, cool and partly dark, because trees or buildings block the light.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A shady tree or plant gives shade.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Informally, shady means dishonest or suspicious: a shady deal, a shady character.↗ Example: Let's eat our lunch in a shady spot under the tree.↗ · Ferns grow well in shady corners of the garden.↗ · The shady side of the street was much cooler.↗ · Our dog lay in a shady patch by the fence.↗ · The man selling cheap watches looked shady.↗ · Plant the lettuce somewhere shady in summer.↗ · A big oak makes the playground shady.↗ · Then Mowgli picked out a shady place, and lay down and slept while the buffaloes grazed round him.↗

shaft — Everyday, meaning 1: A shaft is a long, narrow hole that goes straight down or up, such as a mine shaft or a lift shaft.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A shaft is the long, thin straight part of a tool, arrow, spear or golf club.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A shaft of light is a narrow beam of light shining through a gap.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In machines, a shaft is a rod that turns and passes on movement, like the shaft in a car.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A shaft can also be one of the two long poles on a cart, between which a horse is harnessed.↗ Example: The miners went down the shaft in a metal cage.↗ · A shaft of sunlight came through the gap in the curtains.↗ · The arrow had a wooden shaft and a sharp tip.↗ · The lift shaft runs from the basement to the top floor.↗ · Keep away from old mine shafts; they can be very deep.↗ · The motor turns a shaft that spins the wheels.↗ · The handle of the hammer is called its shaft.↗ · The golf club's shaft bent when he hit the tree.↗ · So of course the townspeople, whenever they wanted a horse shod or a shaft mended, went to the mayor.↗ · And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, were of one piece with it.↗ (Torah EXO.37.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.↗ (Torah EXO.25.31, JPS 1917)↗ · There He broke the fiery shafts of the bow; the shield, and the sword, and the battle.↗ (Writings PSA.76.4, JPS 1917)↗ · If one lay at him with the sword, it will not hold; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.↗ (Writings JOB.41.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and his shield-bearer went before him.↗ (Prophets 1SA.17.7, JPS 1917)↗

shaggy — Everyday, meaning 1: Shaggy means having long, thick, untidy hair or fur.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Shaggy can describe a carpet, rug or plant with long, rough threads or leaves.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: "A shaggy dog story" is a long joke or story with a silly or pointless ending.↗ Example: A big shaggy dog bounded up to us.↗ · The Highland cow has a shaggy coat.↗ · His hair was long and shaggy after the summer.↗ · We lay on the shaggy rug by the fire.↗ · Yaks have shaggy fur to keep warm in the mountains.↗ · The shaggy monster turned out to be a friendly giant.↗ · Grandpa told a shaggy dog story with a silly ending.↗ · The door was thrust open--it was Bruin, the great, shaggy Bruin!↗

shah — Everyday, meaning 1: The title of the king of Iran (Persia) in the past.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A title used by some rulers in other lands such as Afghanistan and in old India.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (a name) Shah is also a common family name in South Asia.↗ Example: The Shah of Iran ruled from a palace in Tehran.↗ · The last shah left Iran during a revolution.↗ · In the old Persian story, the shah listened to a thousand tales.↗ · "Checkmate" comes from Persian words meaning "the shah is helpless".↗ · Our new classmate's surname is Shah.↗ · The shah wore a jewelled crown.↗

shake — Everyday, meaning 1: To shake is to move something quickly up and down or side to side.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To shake hands is to hold someone's hand and move it up and down to greet them.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To shake is to tremble, like shaking with cold or fear.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A shake (milkshake) is a cold drink made with milk and ice cream.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To shake your head is to move it side to side to mean «no».↗ Everyday, meaning 6: To shake something off can mean to get rid of it.↗ Example: Each child shakes hands with every other child.↗ · How many handshakes are there if 5 people each shake hands once?↗ · A milk shake costs 3 dollars.↗ · She shook the jar and 4 coins fell out.↗ · Shake the bottle before you pour.↗ · The ground shook during the earthquake.↗ · He was shaking with cold after the swim.↗ · She shook her head to say no.↗ · I'll be ready in two shakes.↗ · I'm preparin' fer to shake worldliness.↗ · And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt break loose, that thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.↗ (Torah GEN.27.40, JPS 1917)↗ · At the sound of the cry of thy pilots the waves shall shake.↗ (Prophets EZK.27.28, JPS 1917)↗ · Fear came upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were made to shake.↗ (Writings JOB.4.14, JPS 1917)↗ · Though the waters thereof roar and foam, though the mountains shake at the swelling thereof.↗ (Writings PSA.46.4, JPS 1917)↗

shaken — Everyday, meaning 1: (verb) Shaken is a form of "shake": moved quickly up and down or side to side.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Shaken means upset, frightened or shocked after something bad has happened.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Shaken off can also mean got rid of something.↗ Example: The bottle has been shaken, so open it slowly.↗ · She was shaken after the near miss with the car.↗ · The house was shaken by the earthquake.↗ · He looked shaken but was not hurt.↗ · Have you shaken the paint tin?↗ · The news left us all shaken up.↗ · Oh, how gladly she would have shaken off all this grandeur, and laid aside the heavy wreath!↗ · I am gone like the shadow when it lengtheneth; I am shaken off as the locust.↗ (Writings PSA.109.23, JPS 1917)↗ · That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?↗ (Writings JOB.38.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Then the earth did shake and quake, the foundations of heaven did tremble; they were shaken, because He was wroth.↗ (Prophets 2SA.22.8, JPS 1917)↗

shaker — Everyday, meaning 1: A container with small holes in the lid for shaking out salt, pepper, sugar or other powder.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A container you shake to mix drinks, such as a protein or milkshake shaker.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A musical instrument filled with beads or seeds that rattles when shaken, like a maraca or egg shaker.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A Shaker is a member of a small Christian group in the USA, famous for simple handmade furniture and for shaking or dancing in worship.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In «movers and shakers», important people who make things happen.↗ Example: Can you pass the salt shaker, please?↗ · Our class played egg shakers along with the song.↗ · The pepper shaker is empty again.↗ · Dad mixes his protein drink in a plastic shaker.↗ · The Shakers made simple wooden chairs that are still copied today.↗ · She is one of the movers and shakers in our town, always starting new projects.↗ · We made shakers by putting rice in yoghurt pots and taping them shut.↗ · The shaker rattles like rain.↗

shaky — Everyday, meaning 1: Shaking or trembling, often because of fear, cold, illness or weakness (shaky hands, a shaky voice).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Not firm or steady; likely to fall or break (a shaky ladder).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Not certain, strong or good (shaky spelling, a shaky start).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In some dialects, shaky is used as a verb meaning to shake.↗ Example: My hands were shaky before I read my poem.↗ · Don't stand on that shaky chair.↗ · The old bridge looked shaky, so we didn't cross it.↗ · Her voice was shaky because she was nervous.↗ · My division is still a bit shaky.↗ · After being ill, Grandpa's legs felt shaky.↗ · The team had a shaky start but won the game.↗

shale — Everyday, meaning 1: Shale is a soft grey or dark rock made of hardened mud or clay that splits easily into thin flat layers.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Shale is also a source of oil and gas that companies drill for.↗ Example: The cliff was made of crumbly grey shale.↗ · Shale splits into thin flakes when you tap it.↗ · We found a fossil fern in a piece of shale.↗ · Shale is a sedimentary rock made from mud.↗ · Some companies drill deep into shale to get gas.↗ · The path was slippery with loose shale.↗

shallow — Everyday, meaning 1: Shallow means not deep: there is only a short distance from the top to the bottom.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A shallow person or idea does not think about serious things or care much.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Shallow breathing is quick and light.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: The shallows are the shallow parts of a sea or river.↗ Example: Stay in the shallow end of the pool.↗ · Never dive into shallow water.↗ · The stream is shallow enough to walk across.↗ · Put the water in a shallow dish.↗ · Little fish swim in the shallows.↗ · His breathing was quick and shallow.↗ · The river can be deeper than it looks.↗ · A shallow bowl holds less soup.↗ · He found one half-buried in the shallow water.↗

shalt — Early Modern English, meaning 1: You will, or you must (used as a command or promise).↗ Example: And thou shalt make settings of gold;↗ (Torah EXO.28.13, JPS 1917) · Thou shalt not be turned away.↗ (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) · Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.↗ (Torah EXO.34.17, JPS 1917)

sham — Everyday, meaning 1: A sham is something fake or pretended, made to look real.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As an adjective, sham means not real, copied or false: a sham fight.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To sham is to pretend, to act as if something is true when it is not.↗ Example: The prince was a sham, only a tailor in fine clothes.↗ · The toy soldiers had a sham fight.↗ · He shammed sleep so he would not have to help.↗

shame — Everyday, meaning 1: Shame is the bad, hot feeling you have when you know you did something wrong or silly and others may know.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «It's a shame» or «what a shame» means it is sad or a pity.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To shame someone is to make them feel bad or embarrassed, often in front of others.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «Shame on you» is a way of telling someone they behaved badly.↗ Example: He felt shame when he saw the vase he had broken.↗ · It's a shame you can't come to the party.↗ · What a shame the zoo was closed!↗ · Shame on you for teasing your little brother!↗ · She hung her head in shame.↗ · Making fun of someone to shame them is unkind.↗ · There is no shame in asking for help.↗ · His good mark shamed the others into working harder.↗ · Oh, I shall die of shame and despair!’↗ · And Judah said: 'Let her take it, lest we be put to shame; behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.'↗ (Torah GEN.38.23, JPS 1917)↗ · So he returned with shame of face to his own land.↗ (Writings 2CH.32.21, JPS 1917)↗ · I cleave unto Thy testimonies; O LORD, put me not to shame.↗ (Writings PSA.119.31, JPS 1917)↗ · When pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom.↗ (Writings PRO.11.2, JPS 1917)↗

shamefaced — Everyday, meaning 1: Shamefaced means feeling ashamed and embarrassed, and showing it in the face or manner.↗ Example: She stood shamefaced, unable to reply.↗ · The boys were shamefaced after they lost the game.↗ · When they came back they were so shamefaced they hardly dared look up.↗

shameful — Everyday, meaning 1: Causing shame; so bad or wrong that people should feel ashamed of it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Disgraceful; shocking in a bad way.↗ Example: It's shameful to laugh at someone who has fallen over.↗ · Cheating in the test was a shameful thing to do.↗ · The way they treated the new girl was shameful.↗ · He kept the shameful secret for years.↗ · It is shameful that the park is full of litter.↗ · Leaving the dog without water all day was shameful.↗ · What a shameful day for me!↗ · But the shameful thing hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.↗ (Prophets JER.3.24, JPS 1917)↗ · For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to offer unto Baal.↗ (Prophets JER.11.13, JPS 1917)↗

shamefully — Everyday, meaning 1: In a way that should make someone feel ashamed; very badly or unfairly: «They were shamefully treated.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Showing shame.↗ Example: The poor workers were shamefully treated.↗ · The ducks were shamefully neglected by their owner.↗ · Toad behaved shamefully at the trial.↗ · He shamefully lied to his best friend.↗ · The old church had been shamefully left to fall down.↗ · She hung her head shamefully.↗ · But they wouldn't listen to him, and abused him shamefully, and he got away as quick as he could.↗ · A righteous man hateth lying; but a wicked man behaveth vilely and shamefully.↗ (Writings PRO.13.5, JPS 1917)↗ · A wise son gathereth in summer; but a son that doeth shamefully sleepeth in harvest.↗ (Writings PRO.10.5, JPS 1917)↗ · A son that dealeth shamefully and reproachfully will despoil his father, and chase away his mother.↗ (Writings PRO.19.26, JPS 1917)↗