Index of English words, starting with "sh"

(1) - Shun (v. t.) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.

(1) - Shunt (v. t.) The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.
(2) - Shunt (v. t.) A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit.
(3) - Shunt (v. t.) A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free.
(4) - Shunt (v. i.) To go aside; to turn off.
(5) - Shunt (v. t.) To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer.
(6) - Shunt (v. t.) To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift.
(7) - Shunt (v. t.) To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove.
(8) - Shunt (v. t.) To shun; to move from.

(1) - Shunter (n.) A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.