Index of English words, starting with "sh"

(1) - Shrillness (n.) The quality or state of being shrill.

(1) - Shrilly (a.) Somewhat shrill.
(2) - Shrilly (adv.) In a shrill manner; acutely; with a sharp sound or voice.

(1) - Shrimp (v.) Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt.
(2) - Shrimp (v.) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and Brine.
(3) - Shrimp (v.) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form.
(4) - Shrimp (v.) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
(5) - Shrimp (v. t.) To contract; to shrink.

(1) - Shrimper (n.) One who fishes for shrimps.

(1) - Shrine (v. t.) To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine.
(2) - Shrine (n.) A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.
(3) - Shrine (n.) Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.
(4) - Shrine (n.) A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.