English words starting with sh - page 2

Meanings of Shads:

noun

A herring-like fish that spends much of its life in the sea, typically entering rivers to spawn. it is an important food fish in many regions.

Usage examples:

Eel, catfish, carp, shad, herring, sturgeon and striped bass have all been fished commercially in t…

Meanings of Shady:

adjective

Situated in or full of shade.

Usage examples:

Shady woods

Meanings of Shaft:

noun

A long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar.

Usage examples:

The shaft of a golf club

verb

(of light) shine in beams.

Usage examples:

Brilliant sunshine shafted through the skylight

Meanings of Shafted:

verb

(of light) shine in beams.

Usage examples:

Brilliant sunshine shafted through the skylight

Meanings of Shafter:

noun

A bullock used to pull a cart.

Usage examples:

The pole rose and, despite their great weight, hoisted the shafters completely off the ground

Meanings of Shafting:

noun

A system of connected shafts for transmitting motive power in a machine.

Usage examples:

The engine drives 400 yards of shafting, powering the entire factory

verb

(of light) shine in beams.

Usage examples:

Brilliant sunshine shafted through the skylight

Meanings of Shaftings:

noun

A system of connected shafts for transmitting motive power in a machine.

Usage examples:

The engine drives 400 yards of shafting, powering the entire factory

Meanings of Shafts:

noun

A long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar.

Usage examples:

The shaft of a golf club

verb

(of light) shine in beams.

Usage examples:

Brilliant sunshine shafted through the skylight

Meanings of Shag:

noun

A carpet or rug with a long, rough pile.

Usage examples:

Wall-to-wall shag carpet

verb

Chase or catch (fly balls) for practice.

Usage examples:

You run down to the field and hit a few baseballs and shag a few fly balls

adjective

(of a carpet) made of long thick threads

Usage examples:

Shag pile (= the soft surface of a carpet formed by cut threads), a shag rug/carpet

Meanings of Shaganappi:

noun

A thread, cord, thong, etc., made from rawhide; rawhide cut into strips. now chiefly historical.

adjective

Cheap, makeshift; of a low or inferior quality.

Meanings of Shaggier:

adjective

(of hair or fur) long, thick, and unkempt.

Usage examples:

The mountain goat has a long, shaggy coat

Meanings of Shaggiest:

adjective

(of hair or fur) long, thick, and unkempt.

Usage examples:

The mountain goat has a long, shaggy coat

Meanings of Shagginess:

noun

The quality of being shaggy (= having, or being covered with, or looking like long, rough hair)

Usage examples:

The men stop shaving a year before the show to achieve the requisite shagginess., the shagginess of…

Meanings of Shagging:

verb

Chase or catch (fly balls) for practice.

Usage examples:

You run down to the field and hit a few baseballs and shag a few fly balls

noun

A carpet or rug with a long, rough pile.

Usage examples:

Wall-to-wall shag carpet

Meanings of Shaggy:

adjective

(of hair or fur) long, thick, and unkempt.

Usage examples:

The mountain goat has a long, shaggy coat

Meanings of Shaggy-dog-story:

noun

A long story that is intended to be amusing and that has an intentionally silly or meaningless ending

Meanings of Shagreen:

noun

Sharkskin used as a decorative material or, due to its natural rough surface of pointed scales, as an abrasive.

Usage examples:

Pseudopecten dentatus, however, is prosocline, more equilateral and flaring, and lacks shagreen or …

Meanings of Shagreens:

noun

Sharkskin used as a decorative material or, due to its natural rough surface of pointed scales, as an abrasive.

Usage examples:

Pseudopecten dentatus, however, is prosocline, more equilateral and flaring, and lacks shagreen or …

Meanings of Shagroon:

noun

A settler in canterbury who came from a place other than britain, typically one from australia.

Usage examples:

The influx of shagroons broke down the logically contrived land system

Meanings of Shags:

noun

A carpet or rug with a long, rough pile.

Usage examples:

Wall-to-wall shag carpet

verb

Chase or catch (fly balls) for practice.

Usage examples:

You run down to the field and hit a few baseballs and shag a few fly balls

Meanings of Shahid:

noun

A muslim martyr.

Usage examples:

They are the ones we most fear, as they have nothing to lose, they gain popularity by becoming shah…

Meanings of Shahs:

noun

A title of the former monarch of iran.

Usage examples:

Daydreams of living like a prince are one thing, but living in a house that has played host to king…

Meanings of Shaikh:

noun

An arab leader, in particular the chief or head of an arab tribe, family, or village.

Usage examples:

Sheikh zayed bin sultan al-nahyan

Meanings of Shaitan:

noun

(in muslim countries) the devil or an evil spirit.

Usage examples:

More importantly, as the shaitan incarnate, he becomes a symbol of resistance for black british you…

Meanings of Shaitans:

noun

(in muslim countries) the devil or an evil spirit.

Usage examples:

More importantly, as the shaitan incarnate, he becomes a symbol of resistance for black british you…