| shone |
a past tense and past participle of shine. |
| shook1 |
past tense of shake. |
| shoot |
to hit, wound, destroy, or kill with a gun, arrow, or other missile. [18 definitions] |
| shooting |
an act of firing a gun at one or more persons. [2 definitions] |
| shooting star |
a chunk of extraterrestrial matter that burns up as it enters the earth's atmosphere; meteor. [2 definitions] |
| shop |
a small retail store. [4 definitions] |
| shoplift |
to steal goods from a store while posing as a customer. |
| shoplifter |
a person who steals goods from a store while pretending to be a customer. |
| shopping |
the activity of looking for and buying goods in a store. |
| shopping bag |
a large, strong bag with handles, used for carrying purchases. |
| shopping center |
a group or complex of stores, often with other businesses such as restaurants, that have a common parking area. |
| shore1 |
the land beside an ocean, sea, lake, or river. [2 definitions] |
| short |
of little length; not long. [16 definitions] |
| shortage |
a deficiency; lack. [2 definitions] |
| shortcoming |
a deficiency in character, ability, conduct, or the like; flaw. |
| shortcut |
a quicker or more direct route. [3 definitions] |
| shorten |
to make shorter. [3 definitions] |
| shortening |
fat such as butter or lard, used esp. in baking. [2 definitions] |
| shorthand |
a system of writing in simple symbols or combinations of symbols representing sounds, words, or phrases, used to record dictation or speech rapidly. [3 definitions] |
| short-handed |
lacking a full crew of workers or helpers. |
| shortly |
in a brief while; soon. [2 definitions] |