📖 S — The English dictionary · page 37

shevat — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The name of the fifth month of the Hebrew calendar, around January and February.↗ Example: He made the letter Tzadi reign, and bound to it a crown, and formed with it Aquarius in the World, and Shevat in the Year, and the abomasum in the Person.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

shew — Everyday, meaning 1: (old spelling) Shew is an old way of writing show: to let someone see something, or to make something plain.↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: To let someone see something, or to make something plain.↗ Example: She shewed the ring to her guests.↗ · The bride began to shew herself in her true colours.↗ · He shewed them the way up the stairs.↗ · For He shewed the combination of these letters, each with the other; Aleph with all, and all with Aleph; Beth with all, and all with Beth.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · For He shewed the combination of these letters, each with the other ; Aleph with all, and all with Aleph; Beth with all, and all with Beth.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.↗ (Prophets JOL.3.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.↗ (Prophets NAM.3.5, JPS 1917)↗ · No sooner were the ceremonies of the wedding over, but the stepmother began to shew herself in her colours.↗ (The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault) · "If you will follow my advice, your fortune is made; you have nothing else to do, but go and wash yourself in the river, in that part I shall shew you, and leave the rest to me."↗ (The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault)

shewed — Early Modern English, meaning 1: Let someone see something, or made something plain, in the past.↗ Example: He was shewed up stairs into the King's apartment, and, making a low reverence, said to him:↗ (The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault) · For He shewed the combination of these letters, each with the other; Aleph with all, and all with Aleph; Beth with all, and all with Beth.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) · And here is the finger with the ring.’↗ And with these words the bride drew forth the finger and shewed it to the assembled guests.↗ (Grimms' Fairy Tales)

shia — Everyday, meaning 1: (religion) Shia is one of the two main branches of Islam; the other, larger one is Sunni.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A Shia (or Shia Muslim) is a person who belongs to this branch.↗ Example: Shia and Sunni Muslims both pray and fast in Ramadan.↗ · Most people in Iran are Shia.↗ · Our RE lesson compared Shia and Sunni Islam.↗ · Shia Muslims remember the death of Husayn, Ali's son, at Ashura.↗ · A Shia mosque was opened in the city.↗ · The word Shia comes from Arabic for «the party of Ali».↗

shibah — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A Hebrew name found in the Torah text, a well at Beer-sheba, meaning "seven" or "oath".↗

shibboleth — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A word or custom that shows who belongs to a group, often a test of identity.↗

shield — Everyday, meaning 1: A shield is a large flat piece of metal, wood or other material that a soldier or knight holds to protect themselves from attacks.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A shield is anything that protects you, like a heat shield or a sun shield.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To shield someone or something is to protect it from harm or danger.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A shield is also a badge or a trophy shaped like a shield.↗ Example: The knight held up his shield.↗ · Shield your eyes from the bright sun.↗ · The mother bird shielded her chicks from the rain.↗ · The spacecraft has a heat shield.↗ · Our team won the shield at the sports day.↗ · The Romans locked their shields together.↗ · Suncream shields your skin from sunburn.↗ · They snatched spears and shields from their foes.↗ · After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying: 'Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceeding great.'↗ (Torah GEN.15.1, JPS 1917)↗ · Happy art thou, O Israel, who is like unto thee? a people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and that is the sword of thy excellency!↗ (Torah DEU.33.29, JPS 1917)↗ · He is their help and their shield!↗ (Writings PSA.115.9, JPS 1917)↗ · He is their help and their shield.↗ (Writings PSA.115.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.↗ (Prophets JER.46.3, JPS 1917)↗

shift — Everyday, meaning 1: To shift means to move something from one place or position to another.↗ e.g. "help me shift this table".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To shift also means to change.↗ e.g. "the wind shifted to the north".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A shift is a change.↗ e.g. "a shift in the weather".↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A shift is a set period of work, for example in a hospital or factory; a night shift is work at night.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: The shift key on a keyboard makes capital letters.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (UK, informal) To shift can mean to move fast or to get rid of something.↗ e.g. "that car can really shift", "I need to shift this cold".↗ Everyday, meaning 7: An old word for a loose, simple dress or undergarment worn by women is also called a shift.↗ Example: Can you help me shift the sofa?↗ · The wind shifted and the rain came in.↗ · My mum works the night shift at the hospital.↗ · Each shift is 8 hours long, so three shifts cover the whole day.↗ · Press shift to type a capital letter.↗ · Shift the triangle 4 squares to the left.↗ · Don't try to shift the blame onto me!↗ · Come on, shift, we're late!↗ · "If you'll marry me, I'll give you back your shift."↗

shifting — Everyday, meaning 1: Moving or changing position: shifting sand dunes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Changing: shifting opinions.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (UK, informal) Moving something, often hard work: shifting furniture.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Changing gear in a car.↗ Example: The sand dunes are always shifting in the wind.↗ · He kept shifting in his chair.↗ · Shifting the heavy sofa took four of us.↗ · Shifting shadows danced on the wall.↗ · The wind is shifting to the north.↗ · In the story, the wizard was a shape-shifting fox.↗ · Now in one form and now in another, he glides a shifting shape, of which it is difficult to obtain a satisfactory view.↗

shifty — Everyday, meaning 1: Shifty means sly, not honest, and not to be trusted; a shifty person often looks away or hides what he is doing.↗ Example: The shifty man kept his eyes on the door.↗ · The Shifty Lad jumped for joy when his trick worked.↗ · Don't trust him; he has a shifty look.↗

shilling — Everyday, meaning 1: (history, UK) An old British coin worth 12 old pennies; 20 shillings made one pound.↗ It was used until 1971, when British money became decimal.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The money used today in some countries, such as Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Somalia.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, history) An old coin in those places too.↗ Example: Before 1971, a shilling was worth 12 pennies.↗ · There were 20 shillings in a pound.↗ · The milk cost one shilling.↗ · Kenya uses the Kenyan shilling.↗ · Grandad remembers buying sweets for a shilling.↗ · In old maths books, sums are in pounds, shillings and pence.↗ · Very likely thou art a lucky shilling.↗

shimmer — Everyday, meaning 1: To shimmer is to shine with a soft light that seems to move or shake a little, like light on water.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A shimmer is a soft, wavering shine.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In very hot weather, the air above a road can seem to shimmer.↗ Example: The lake shimmered in the moonlight.↗ · Her dress shimmered when she danced.↗ · The road shimmered in the summer heat.↗ · A shimmer of gold caught my eye in the sand.↗ · Fish scales shimmer under water.↗ · There was a shimmer of hope in his eyes.↗ · The fairy's wings shimmered like glass.↗ · When ye lie among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her pinions with the shimmer of gold.↗ (Writings PSA.68.14, JPS 1917)↗

shin — Everyday, meaning 1: Your shin is the front part of your leg between your knee and your ankle.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To shin up something means to climb it quickly using your arms and legs.↗ Example: I banged my shin on the table.↗ · Footballers wear shin pads.↗ · He got a bruise on his shin.↗ · The ball hit her right on the shin.↗ · The boy shinned up the tree to get his kite.↗ · The shin bone is called the tibia.↗ · My shins ache after running.↗ · And he said: The LORD came from Sinai, and rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, and He came from the myriads holy, at His right hand was a fiery law unto them.↗ (Torah DEU.33.2, JPS 1917)↗ · The Three Mothers are Aleph, Mem and Shin, they are Air, Water and Fire.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Shin is sibilant, and Aleph is the Mediator and as it were a friend placed between them.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.↗ (Writings PSA.50.2, JPS 1917)↗ · If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; (Writings JOB.31.26, JPS 1917)↗ · The sun and the moon are become black, and the stars withdraw their shining.↗ (Prophets JOL.4.15, JPS 1917)↗

shine — Everyday, meaning 1: To shine is to give out bright light, like the sun or a torch.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To shine is to look bright because light reflects on it, like polished shoes.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To shine a light is to point it at something.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To shine at something is to be very good at it.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Shine is the brightness of a polished surface.↗ Example: The sun is shining today.↗ · Shine the torch over here.↗ · The Moon shines because it reflects sunlight.↗ · He polished his shoes to a shine.↗ · Her eyes shone with excitement.↗ · She really shines at swimming.↗ · We'll go to the match, rain or shine.↗ · Then the Sun began to shine.↗ · The LORD make His face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee; (Torah NUM.6.25, JPS 1917)↗ · Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant; save me in Thy lovingkindness.↗ (Writings PSA.31.17, JPS 1917)↗ · Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant; and teach me Thy statutes.↗ (Writings PSA.119.135, JPS 1917)↗ · His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown shine.'↗ (Writings PSA.132.18, JPS 1917)↗

shiner — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) A black eye: a bruise round the eye from a punch or a knock.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Something or someone that shines, like a shiny coin.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A kind of small silver fish (in North America).↗ Example: Jake came to school with a shiner after the football match.↗ · «Where did you get that shiner?» asked Mum.↗ · He walked into a door and got a shiner.↗ · The boxer had a shiner the next day.↗ · We caught three shiners in the creek.↗ · The new coin was a real shiner.↗

shingle — Everyday, meaning 1: Small round stones on a beach, larger than sand.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A thin flat piece of wood or other material laid in overlapping rows on roofs or walls.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (US) A small sign outside a doctor's or lawyer's office.↗ e.g. "hang out your shingle" means start your own business.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: "Shingles" (always plural form) is an illness causing a painful rash, caused by the same virus as chickenpox.↗ Example: The shingle beach crunched under our feet.↗ · Waves rolled the shingle up and down the shore.↗ · Some shingles blew off the roof in the storm.↗ · The cabin has a wooden shingle roof.↗ · Grandpa had shingles and needed rest.↗ · Brighton has a shingle beach, not a sandy one.↗

shingles — Everyday, meaning 1: An illness that causes a painful rash with blisters, usually on one side of the body; it is caused by the same virus as chickenpox waking up again years later.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (shingle, UK) Small smooth stones on a beach.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Small flat pieces of wood or other material that overlap to cover a roof or wall.↗ Example: Grandad has shingles and his side is very sore.↗ · You can only get shingles if you have had chickenpox.↗ · Shingles is not caught from someone's cough the way a cold is.↗ · Brighton beach is covered in shingle, not sand.↗ · The storm blew some shingles off our roof.↗ · The shingle crunched under our feet as we walked to the sea.↗ · Old people can have a vaccine against shingles.↗

shininess — Everyday, meaning 1: The quality of being shiny: how bright, smooth and gleaming a surface looks when light falls on it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) How much a material reflects light, used when we sort materials by their properties.↗ Example: We sorted the materials by hardness and shininess.↗ · The shininess of the spoon showed it was made of metal.↗ · Polishing the shoes brought back their shininess.↗ · The advert promised shininess for your hair.↗ · Foil has more shininess than paper.↗ · The game lets you change the shininess of the car.↗ · Over time the coin lost its shininess and turned dull.↗

shinny — Everyday, meaning 1: Shinny is a simple game like hockey, played with sticks and a ball or puck on grass or ice.↗ Example: We had a match at shinny on the lawn.↗ · The three brothers were the best shinny players in the town.↗ · Let us play shinny in the park after school.↗

shinto — Everyday, meaning 1: (religion) Shinto is the traditional religion of Japan, in which people honour spirits called kami that are believed to live in nature (mountains, trees, rivers), in places and in ancestors.↗ Example: Shinto is the oldest religion of Japan.↗ · A red torii gate marks the entrance to a Shinto shrine.↗ · Shinto followers believe in spirits called kami.↗ · People wash their hands before praying at a Shinto shrine.↗ · Many Japanese families celebrate both Shinto and Buddhist festivals.↗ · Mount Fuji is a sacred place in Shinto.↗ · We learnt about Shinto in our world religions topic.↗