shrapnel | (noun) shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight | - |
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shred | (noun) a small piece of cloth | Synonyms: rag, tag, tag end, tatter |
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(noun) a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | Synonyms: iota, scintilla, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, whit |
shredder | (noun) a device that shreds documents (usually in order to prevent the wrong people from reading them) | - |
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shrew | (noun) small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles | Synonyms: shrewmouse |
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(noun) a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman | Synonyms: termagant |
shrewdness | (noun) intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) | Synonyms: astuteness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity |
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shrewishness | (noun) a nature given to nagging or scolding | - |
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shrewmouse | (noun) small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles | Synonyms: shrew |
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shriek | (noun) sharp piercing cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screech, screeching, shrieking |
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(noun) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screech, screeching, shrieking |
shrieking | (noun) sharp piercing cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screech, screeching, shriek |
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(noun) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screech, screeching, shriek |
shrift | (noun) the act of being shriven | - |
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shrike | (noun) any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals | - |
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shrilling | (noun) a continuing shrill noise | - |
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shrillness | (noun) having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound | Synonyms: stridence, stridency |
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(noun) the quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses | - |
shrimp | (noun) small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible | - |
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(noun) any of various edible decapod crustaceans | Synonyms: prawn |
(noun) disparaging terms for small people | Synonyms: half-pint, peewee, runt |
shrimper | (noun) a vessel engaged in shrimping | - |
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shrimpfish | (noun) slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent plates | Synonyms: shrimp-fish |
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shrine | (noun) a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person | - |
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shrink | (noun) a physician who specializes in psychiatry | Synonyms: head-shrinker, psychiatrist |
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shrinkage | (noun) the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store | Synonyms: shoplifting |
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(noun) the amount by which something shrinks | - |
(noun) process or result of becoming less or smaller | Synonyms: shrinking |
shrinking | (noun) the act of becoming less | - |
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(noun) process or result of becoming less or smaller | Synonyms: shrinkage |
shroud | (noun) burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped | Synonyms: cerement, pall, winding-clothes, winding-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, sheet, tack, weather sheet |
(noun) a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute | - |
shrub | (noun) a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | Synonyms: bush |
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shrubbery | (noun) a collection of shrubs growing together | - |
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(noun) an area where a number of shrubs are planted | - |
shrublet | (noun) dwarf shrub | - |
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shrug | (noun) a gesture involving the shoulders | - |
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