Index of English words, starting with "sh"

(1) - Shed (n.) The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads.
(2) - Shed (n.) That which parts, divides, or sheds; -- used in composition, as in watershed.
(3) - Shed (n.) The act of shedding or spilling; -- used only in composition, as in bloodshed.
(4) - Shed (n.) A parting; a separation; a division.
(5) - Shed (v. i.) To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope.
(6) - Shed (v. i.) To fall in drops; to pour.
(7) - Shed (v. t.) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
(8) - Shed (v. t.) To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
(9) - Shed (v. t.) To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.
(10) - Shed (v. t.) To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves.
(11) - Shed (v. t.) To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self; to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed tears; the clouds shed rain.
(12) - Shed (v. t.) To separate; to divide.
(13) - Shed (imp. & p. p.) of Shed
(14) - Shed (n.) A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed.

(1) - Shedder (n.) A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft; -- applied especially to the edible crabs, which are most prized while in this state.
(2) - Shedder (n.) One who, or that which, sheds; as, a shedder of blood; a shedder of tears.

(1) - Shedding (n.) That which is shed, or cast off.
(2) - Shedding (n.) The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood.
(3) - Shedding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shed