📖 S — The English dictionary · page 38

shiny — Everyday, meaning 1: Shiny means smooth and bright, so it reflects light and seems to shine.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Shiny can mean new and clean-looking.↗ Example: The new bike was red and shiny.↗ · Metals are usually shiny.↗ · Sort the materials into shiny and dull.↗ · She polished her shoes until they were shiny.↗ · A shiny coin lay on the pavement.↗ · The beetle had a shiny green back.↗ · Shiny surfaces reflect light.↗ · His hair looked shiny after the bath.↗ · "I suppose they are of shiny leather?" asked the old lady.↗

ship — Everyday, meaning 1: A ship is a big boat that carries people or goods across the sea.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To ship is to send goods, by sea, road, air or post.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Shipping is sending goods, or the cost of sending them.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A spaceship is a vehicle that travels in space.↗ Example: A ship carries 500 people.↗ · The ship sails 30 km an hour.↗ · The factory ships 200 boxes a week.↗ · How many boxes are shipped in 4 weeks?↗ · The pirates' ship had three tall masts.↗ · Our parcel was shipped yesterday.↗ · Shipping costs 5 dollars.↗ · Long ago, people crossed the ocean by ship.↗ · And a ship came sailing by.↗ · Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea, and he shall be a shore for ships, and his flank shall be upon Zidon.↗ (Torah GEN.49.13, JPS 1917)↗ · But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim, and they shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall come to destruction.↗ (Torah NUM.24.24, JPS 1917)↗ · With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.↗ (Writings PSA.48.8, JPS 1917)↗ · She is like the merchant-ships; she bringeth her food from afar.↗ (Writings PRO.31.14, JPS 1917)↗ · Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.↗ (Prophets ISA.23.14, JPS 1917)↗

shipboard — Everyday, meaning 1: On shipboard means on or aboard a ship.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As an adjective, shipboard describes things that happen or are used on a ship: shipboard life, a shipboard romance, shipboard computers.↗ Example: Shipboard life was hard for the young sailors.↗ · They held a shipboard concert on the last night of the voyage.↗ · Everyone on shipboard must know where the lifeboats are.↗ · The Sea Rat told stories of shipboard adventures.↗ · Shipboard radar helps the captain see in fog.↗ · The passengers grew bored with shipboard food.↗ · A SAILOR, bound on a long voyage, took with him a Monkey to amuse him while on shipboard.↗

shipbuilder — Everyday, meaning 1: A person whose job is designing or building ships.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A company that builds ships.↗ Example: The Titanic was built by shipbuilders in Belfast.↗ · My great-grandad was a shipbuilder on the River Clyde.↗ · Shipbuilders use huge cranes to lift steel plates.↗ · The shipbuilder is making a new ferry for the islands.↗ · Viking shipbuilders made long, fast boats from wood.↗ · Thousands of shipbuilders lost their jobs when the yard closed.↗ · "Go to Argus, the shipbuilder, and bid him build a galley with fifty oars."↗

shipload — Everyday, meaning 1: A shipload is the full amount that a ship can carry, or a very large load carried by ship.↗ Example: The merchant sold a shipload of spices.↗ · They unloaded a shipload of wool at the port.↗ · He paid for the shipload with his gold.↗

shipmate — Everyday, meaning 1: A shipmate is a person who sails on the same ship as you, especially another sailor in the crew.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old, friendly) Sailors sometimes call any fellow sailor «shipmate» as a friendly way of speaking to him.↗ Example: The two old sailors had been shipmates for twenty years.↗ · «Ahoy there, shipmate!» called the man on the dock.↗ · Long John Silver pretended to be a good shipmate to the boys.↗ · On the school trip to the tall ship, every pupil had a shipmate to work with.↗ · The Sea Rat told stories of his shipmates in faraway ports.↗ · She waved goodbye to her shipmates when the cruise ended.↗ · A good shipmate shares the work and keeps watch.↗

shipper — Everyday, meaning 1: A person or company that sends goods from one place to another, by sea, air, road or rail.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, fans) A person who likes the idea of two characters in a story or show being a couple and supports that pairing.↗ Example: The shipper sent the parcel by air.↗ · Big shippers carry toys from factories to shops across the ocean.↗ · The shipper charges more for heavy boxes.↗ · The company is the largest shipper of bananas.↗ · (informal) Half the fans are shippers who want the two heroes to fall in love.↗ · The shipper lost my package, so they sent a new one.↗

shipping — Everyday, meaning 1: Shipping is the sending of goods from one place to another, by sea, air, road or post.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Shipping is the cost of sending things you buy, as in free shipping.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Shipping means all the ships of an area or country, as in shipping lanes.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Shipping is the -ing form of ship: sending something.↗ Example: The game costs 20 dollars plus 5 dollars shipping.↗ · The shop offers free shipping on orders over 30 pounds.↗ · The English Channel is full of shipping.↗ · Shipping containers are stacked high at the port.↗ · They are shipping the parcel tomorrow.↗ · Fog can be dangerous for shipping.↗ · Dad listens to the Shipping Forecast at night.↗

shipwreck — Everyday, meaning 1: A shipwreck is when a ship is destroyed or sinks at sea, by a storm, rocks or an accident.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A shipwreck is also the broken remains of a sunken ship.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To be shipwrecked is to be on a ship that is wrecked, often ending up on a shore or island.↗ Example: Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked on a lonely island.↗ · Divers explored the shipwreck on the sea bed.↗ · Paul survived a shipwreck on the way to Rome.↗ · The lighthouse helps prevent shipwrecks on the rocks.↗ · After the shipwreck, the sailors swam to shore.↗ · Fish now live inside the old shipwreck.↗ · But the captain, who was bringing it to him, was shipwrecked, and the money lost.↗

shipyard — Everyday, meaning 1: A place by the water where ships are built and repaired.↗ Example: The Titanic was built in a shipyard in Belfast.↗ · My great-grandad worked in a shipyard in Glasgow.↗ · Huge cranes stood over the shipyard.↗ · The navy's new ship left the shipyard.↗ · Many shipyards closed in the 1980s.↗ · We could hear hammering from the shipyard.↗

shire — Everyday, meaning 1: (UK) A shire is an old word for a county, a large area of a country; many English counties end in «-shire», such as Yorkshire and Lancashire.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Australia) A shire is a country local council area with its own council.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The Shire is the peaceful home of the hobbits in Tolkien's books.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A Shire horse is a very large, strong farm horse from England.↗ Example: Yorkshire and Lancashire are counties ending in -shire.↗ · In Australia, the local shire council collects the rubbish.↗ · Shire horses once pulled ploughs on farms.↗ · Frodo and Bilbo lived in the Shire.↗ · A Shire horse can weigh as much as a small car.↗ · The road sign said «Welcome to the Shire of Broome».↗

shirt — Everyday, meaning 1: A shirt is a piece of clothing for the top of the body, often with sleeves, a collar and buttons.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A T-shirt is a soft shirt with short sleeves and no buttons.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A sports shirt (jersey) shows a team's colors.↗ Example: He bought 4 shirts.↗ · Each shirt costs 12 dollars.↗ · She has 6 shirts and 3 pairs of pants.↗ · How many shirts did he wash?↗ · Tuck in your shirt for the photo.↗ · My T-shirt has a dinosaur on it.↗ · The team shirts are blue and white.↗ · He spilled juice on his shirt.↗ · Each shirt has 6 buttons.↗ · Fold your shirts and put them in the drawer.↗

shisha — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A man's name, the father of two of Solomon's scribes.↗ Example: Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder; (Prophets 1KI.4.3, JPS 1917)↗

shittah — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The acacia tree, called shittah in old English; its wood is hard and strong.↗

shittim — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The name of a place in Moab, east of the Jordan, where Israel camped.↗ It is also the Hebrew name of acacia trees.↗ Example: And they pitched by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.↗ (Torah NUM.33.49, JPS 1917)↗ · And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.↗ (Torah NUM.25.1, JPS 1917)↗ · And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.↗ (Prophets JOS.3.1, JPS 1917)↗ · O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of the LORD.↗ (Prophets MIC.6.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two spies secretly, saying: 'Go view the land, and Jericho.'↗ And they went, and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.↗ (Prophets JOS.2.1, JPS 1917)↗

shiva — Everyday, meaning 1: (religion) Shiva is one of the most important gods in Hinduism; Hindus believe he is both a destroyer and a renewer, and he is often shown dancing or meditating with a snake round his neck.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Jewish life) Shiva is the seven days of mourning after a close relative dies, when the family stays at home and friends visit; people say they «sit shiva».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Shiva is also a name for people.↗ Example: Hindus believe Shiva destroys the old so that new things can be created.↗ · The statue showed Shiva dancing inside a ring of fire.↗ · Many Hindus visit Shiva's temples at Maha Shivaratri.↗ · When Rachel's grandad died, her family sat shiva for seven days.↗ · Neighbours brought food to the house during shiva.↗ · People cover mirrors in the house while they sit shiva.↗ · Shiva is a popular name in India.↗ · Our father was a sacred bull of Shiva.↗

shiver — Everyday, meaning 1: To shiver means to shake a little, without wanting to, because you are cold, afraid or excited.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A shiver is one such small shake.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «It sent shivers down my spine» means it made me feel scared or thrilled.↗ Example: I shivered at the bus stop without my coat.↗ · The wet puppy was shivering, so we wrapped it in a towel.↗ · The ghost story sent shivers down my spine.↗ · Shivering helps your body make heat.↗ · She shivered with excitement before the show.↗ · If you are shivering after swimming, dry off and put on warm clothes.↗ · A shiver ran through me when the door creaked.↗ · Oh! how she shivered with the cold.↗ · For from Israel is even this: the craftsman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in shivers.↗ (Prophets HOS.8.6, JPS 1917)↗

shivering — Everyday, meaning 1: Shivering means shaking a little because you are cold.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Shivering can also mean shaking because you are scared, excited or ill with a fever.↗ Example: We were shivering at the bus stop in the snow.↗ · The wet puppy was shivering, so we wrapped it in a towel.↗ · Get dry quickly or you'll start shivering.↗ · She was shivering with fear in the dark cellar.↗ · A fever can make you shiver even when the room is warm.↗ · The children came out of the cold sea shivering.↗ · Shivering helps your body make heat.↗ · The ghost story sent a shiver down my spine.↗ · “Has that dog stopped shivering yet?” he asked.↗

shivery — Everyday, meaning 1: Shivery means feeling cold and shaking a little, or feeling as if you might shiver.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Shivery can describe something that gives you a slightly scared, tingly feeling, like a spooky story.↗ Example: I felt shivery after swimming in the cold lake.↗ · When she had the flu she was hot and shivery.↗ · Put on a jumper if you feel shivery.↗ · The ghost story gave us a shivery feeling.↗ · It was a shivery, grey morning at the bus stop.↗ · Wet clothes make you shivery in the wind.↗ · The dog was shivery and wet after the rain.↗

shoal — Everyday, meaning 1: A shoal is a large group of fish swimming together.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A shoal is also a shallow place in a sea or river, often a sandbank, that can be dangerous for boats.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, UK) A shoal of things is a large number of them: shoals of letters.↗ Example: A shoal of silver fish flashed past the boat.↗ · Fish swim in shoals to stay safe from sharks.↗ · The dolphins herded the shoal of sardines into a ball.↗ · The ship ran aground on a hidden shoal.↗ · Shoals of mackerel came close to the shore.↗ · The lighthouse warns sailors about the shoals.↗ · Men can’t come down the cliffs, even if there were any men; and the shoals to seaward would knock a ship to splinters.↗

shock — Everyday, meaning 1: A shock is a sudden surprise, usually an unpleasant one, that upsets you.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An electric shock is the painful jolt you feel when electricity goes through your body.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In medicine, shock is a dangerous state after a serious injury or fright when the body is very weak.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A shock can be a sudden strong bump or shake, like the shock of an earthquake.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To shock someone means to surprise and upset them, or make them think something is very wrong.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: A shock of hair is a thick messy mass of it.↗ Example: It was a shock when our teacher said she was leaving.↗ · Never touch a socket with wet hands or you could get an electric shock.↗ · The news shocked the whole town.↗ · After the crash, the driver was in shock.↗ · I got a small shock of static from the door handle.↗ · The ending of the story was a real shock.↗ · Bikes have shock absorbers to make the ride smoother.↗ · He had a shock of red hair.↗ · The shock was too much for him.↗ · If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field are consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.↗ (Torah EXO.22.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou shalt come to thy grave in a ripe age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.↗ (Writings JOB.5.26, JPS 1917)↗ · And when he had set the torches on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing corn, and also the oliveyards.↗ (Prophets JDG.15.5, JPS 1917)↗