sheen | (noun) the visual property of something that shines with reflected light | Synonyms: luster, lustre, shininess |
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sheeny | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew | Synonyms: hymie, kike, yid |
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sheep | (noun) woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat | - |
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(noun) a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision | - |
(noun) a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon | - |
sheepcote | (noun) a pen for sheep | Synonyms: fold, sheep pen, sheepfold |
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sheepdog | (noun) any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep | Synonyms: sheep dog, shepherd dog |
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sheepfold | (noun) a pen for sheep | Synonyms: fold, sheep pen, sheepcote |
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sheepherder | (noun) a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock | Synonyms: sheepman, shepherd |
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sheepishness | (noun) feeling embarrassed about yourself | Synonyms: shamefacedness |
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sheepman | (noun) a man who raises (or tends) sheep | - |
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(noun) a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock | Synonyms: sheepherder, shepherd |
sheeprun | (noun) farm devoted to raising sheep | Synonyms: sheepwalk |
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sheepshank | (noun) a knot for shortening a line | - |
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sheepshead | (noun) large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico | Synonyms: Archosargus probatocephalus |
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sheepshearing | (noun) act of shearing sheep | - |
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(noun) a festival held at the time sheep are normally sheared | - |
(noun) the time or season when sheep are sheared | - |
sheepskin | (noun) a document certifying the successful completion of a course of study | Synonyms: diploma |
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(noun) tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing | Synonyms: fleece |
(noun) skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on | Synonyms: lambskin, parchment |
sheepwalk | (noun) farm devoted to raising sheep | Synonyms: sheeprun |
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sheesha | (noun) an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water | Synonyms: calean, chicha, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, narghile, nargileh, shisha, water pipe |
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sheet | (noun) bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs | Synonyms: bed sheet |
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(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind | Synonyms: mainsheet, shroud, tack, weather sheet |
(noun) a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width | Synonyms: flat solid |
(noun) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | Synonyms: canvas, canvass, sail |
(noun) paper used for writing or printing | Synonyms: piece of paper, sheet of paper |
(noun) newspaper with half-size pages | Synonyms: rag, tabloid |
(noun) any broad thin expanse or surface | - |
(noun) (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape | Synonyms: plane |
sheeting | (noun) fabric from which bed sheets are made | - |
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