| 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 |
| (verb) tear into shreds | Synonyms: rip up, tear up |
| shredded | (adjective) prepared by cutting | Synonyms: chopped, sliced |
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| 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 |
| shrewd | (adjective) acting with a specific goal | Synonyms: calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming |
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| (adjective) marked by practical hardheaded intelligence | Synonyms: astute, sharp |
| shrewdly | (adverb) in a shrewd manner | Synonyms: acutely, astutely, sagaciously, sapiently |
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| shrewdness | (noun) intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) | Synonyms: astuteness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity |
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| shrewish | (adjective) continually complaining or faultfinding | Synonyms: nagging |
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| shrewishly | (adverb) in a shrewish manner | - |
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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 |
| (verb) utter a shrill cry | Synonyms: pipe, pipe up, shrill |
| shrieked | (adjective) uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror | - |
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| 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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| shrill | (adjective) of colors that are bright and gaudy | - |
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| (adjective) having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones | Synonyms: sharp |
| (adjective) being sharply insistent on being heard | Synonyms: strident |
| (verb) utter a shrill cry | Synonyms: pipe, pipe up, shriek |
| 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 | - |
| shrilly | (adverb) in a shrill voice | Synonyms: piercingly |
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| 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 |
| (verb) fish for shrimp | - |
| 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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| shrimpy | (adjective) (used especially of persons) of inferior size | Synonyms: puny, runty |
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| shrine | (noun) a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person | - |
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| (verb) enclose in a shrine | Synonyms: enshrine |
| shrink | (noun) a physician who specializes in psychiatry | Synonyms: head-shrinker, psychiatrist |
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| (verb) become smaller or draw together | Synonyms: contract |
| (verb) reduce in size; reduce physically | Synonyms: reduce |
| (verb) wither, as with a loss of moisture | Synonyms: shrivel, shrivel up, wither |
| (verb) decrease in size, range, or extent | Synonyms: shrivel |
| (verb) draw back, as with fear or pain | Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, squinch, wince |
| shrinkable | (adjective) capable of being shrunk | - |
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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 |
| shrinkwrap | (verb) wrap something tightly with heated plastic that shrinks upon cooling | - |
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| shrive | (verb) grant remission of a sin to | Synonyms: absolve |
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| shrivel | (verb) wither, as with a loss of moisture | Synonyms: shrink, shrivel up, wither |
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| (verb) decrease in size, range, or extent | Synonyms: shrink |
| shriveled | (adjective) reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity | Synonyms: shrivelled, shrunken |
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| (adjective) (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture | Synonyms: dried-up, sear, sere, shrivelled, withered |
| (adjective) lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness | Synonyms: shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened |
| shrivelled | (adjective) reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity | Synonyms: shriveled, shrunken |
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| (adjective) (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture | Synonyms: dried-up, sear, sere, shriveled, withered |
| (adjective) lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness | Synonyms: shriveled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened |
| 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 | - |
| (verb) wrap in a shroud | - |
| (verb) cover as if with a shroud | Synonyms: cover, enshroud, hide |
| (verb) form a cover like a shroud | - |
| 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 | - |
| shrubby | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a shrub | Synonyms: fruticose, fruticulose |
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| shrublet | (noun) dwarf shrub | - |
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| shrug | (noun) a gesture involving the shoulders | - |
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| (verb) raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation | - |
| shrunken | (adjective) reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity | Synonyms: shriveled, shrivelled |
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| (adjective) lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness | Synonyms: shriveled, shrivelled, withered, wizen, wizened |