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sheathe

Short Definition : place into a case; insert into or provide with a sheath; Ex. He sheathed his dagger; N. sheath: case for a blade

Definition
(verb) cover with a protective sheathing
Example Sentence
  • sheathe her face
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(verb) enclose with a sheath
Example Sentence
  • sheathe a sword
Definition
(verb) plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh
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A SHEATHE, which is a sword case is made up of a metal SHEET, nicely polished and decorated.

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shed

Short Definition : small roofed structure for storage and shelter; V: pour forth; lose by natural process; repel without allowing penetration; radiate; cast; Ex. shed tears/light/water/skin/leaves

Definition
(noun) an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage Definition
(verb) get rid of
Example Sentence
  • he shed his image as a pushy boss
  • shed your clothes
Definition
(verb) pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities
Synonyms : pour forth spill
Example Sentence
  • shed tears
  • spill blood
  • God shed His grace on Thee
Definition
(verb) cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
Synonyms : disgorge spill
Example Sentence
  • spill the beans all over the table
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(verb) cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
Synonyms : exuviate molt moult slough
Example Sentence
  • our dog sheds every Spring
Definition
(adj) shed at an early stage of development
Synonyms : caducous
Example Sentence
  • most amphibians have caducous gills
  • the caducous calyx of a poppy
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for shed

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Gives shade.

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SHED -to cast off (undress), is the opposite of CLAD which is to be, fully dressed.

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sheer

Short Definition : pure; thin and transparent; very steep

Definition
(verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly
Example Sentence
  • The car cut to the left at the intersection
  • The motorbike veered to the right
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(verb) cause to sheer
Example Sentence
  • She sheered her car around the obstacle
Definition
(adj) complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
Example Sentence
  • absolute freedom
  • an absolute dimwit
  • a downright lie
  • out-and-out mayhem
  • an out-and-out lie
  • a rank outsider
  • many right-down vices
  • got the job through sheer persistence
  • sheer stupidity
Definition
(adj) not mixed with extraneous elements
Synonyms : plain unmingled unmixed
Example Sentence
  • plain water
  • sheer wine
  • not an unmixed blessing
Definition
(adj) very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
Synonyms : bluff bold
Example Sentence
  • a bluff headland
  • where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise
  • a sheer descent of rock
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(adj) so thin as to transmit light
Example Sentence
  • a hat with a diaphanous veil
  • filmy wings of a moth
  • gauzy clouds of dandelion down
  • gossamer cobwebs
  • sheer silk stockings
  • transparent chiffon
  • vaporous silks
Definition
(adv) straight up or down without a break
Synonyms : perpendicularly
Definition
(adv) directly
Example Sentence
  • he fell sheer into the water
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sheer

SHEER and CLEAR which are rhyming words refer to something that is clean and pure.

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sheer sounds like veer...both exactly same meaning

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cover things by THIN TRANSPARENT SHEETS(SHEER)

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sherbet

Short Definition : flavored dessert ice

Definition
(noun) a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin
Synonyms : sherbert
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sherbet

Relate it with Sharbat (which in Hindi means, a fruit drink). If it is frozen it becomes a chilled desert (sweet dish) ice.

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shift

Short Definition : change position or place; exchange (one thing) for another; change in direction or position; Ex. shift the stolen goods; N. group of workers which takes turns with other groups; working period of such

Definition
(noun) an event in which something is displaced without rotation
Synonyms : displacement
Definition
(noun) a qualitative change Definition
(noun) the time period during which you are at work
Synonyms : duty period work shift
Definition
(noun) the act of changing one thing or position for another
Synonyms : switch switching
Example Sentence
  • his switch on abortion cost him the election
Definition
(noun) the act of moving from one place to another
Synonyms : shifting
Example Sentence
  • his constant shifting disrupted the class
Definition
(noun) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
Example Sentence
  • they built it right over a geological fault
  • he studied the faulting of the earth's crust
Definition
(noun) a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time Definition
(noun) the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
Synonyms : shift key
Definition
(noun) a woman's sleeveless undergarment
Synonyms : chemise shimmy slip teddy
Definition
(noun) a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
Synonyms : chemise sack
Definition
(verb) make a shift in or exchange of
Synonyms : change over switch
Example Sentence
  • First Joe led; then we switched
Definition
(verb) change place or direction
Synonyms : dislodge reposition
Example Sentence
  • Shift one's position
Definition
(verb) move around
Synonyms : transfer
Example Sentence
  • transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket
Definition
(verb) move very slightly
Synonyms : agitate budge stir
Example Sentence
  • He shifted in his seat
Definition
(verb) move from one setting or context to another
Example Sentence
  • shift the emphasis
  • shift one's attention
Definition
(verb) change in quality
Example Sentence
  • His tone shifted
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(verb) move and exchange for another
Example Sentence
  • shift the date for our class reunion
Definition
(verb) move sideways or in an unsteady way
Synonyms : careen tilt wobble
Example Sentence
  • The ship careened out of control
Definition
(verb) move abruptly
Synonyms : lurch pitch
Example Sentence
  • The ship suddenly lurched to the left
Definition
(verb) use a shift key on a keyboard
Example Sentence
  • She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case
Definition
(verb) change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
Example Sentence
  • Grimm showed how the consonants shifted
Definition
(verb) change gears
Example Sentence
  • you have to shift when you go down a steep hill
Definition
(verb) lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
Synonyms : change switch
Example Sentence
  • switch to a different brand of beer
  • She switched psychiatrists
  • The car changed lanes
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for shift

SHIFT and DRIFT which are rhyming words have a different meaning altogether. SHIFT is to exchange places or a change in position whereas DRIFT means to move about without purpose or guidance.

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shimmer

Short Definition : shine with a flickering light; glimmer intermittently; Ex. The moonlight shimmered on the water; N.

Definition
(noun) a weak and tremulous light
Synonyms : play
Example Sentence
  • the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers
  • the play of light on the water
Definition
(verb) shine with a weak or fitful light
Example Sentence
  • Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight
Definition
(verb) give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for shimmer

sounds like "glimmer" and "s" gives the meaning of sharma sharma ke means intermittently

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listen eagles famous song "hotel california" shimmering light

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compare it wid swimmer...a swimmer breathes by putting his head out of water intermittently(regular intervals) and everytime sun shines on his face...!!!

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SHIMMER and GLITTER are similar in sound and they mean, to glimmer or shine brightly.

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The glimmer shine & **** in distance

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shirk

Short Definition : avoid (responsibility, work, etc.); malinger

Definition
(verb) avoid (one's assigned duties)
Example Sentence
  • The derelict soldier shirked his duties
Definition
(verb) avoid dealing with
Example Sentence
  • She shirks her duties
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remember shark..., normal people used to avoid him as he was an ogre.

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shirk sounds like shark..u dont deal with the sharks...

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remember shrek. He used to avoid work or responsibilities as he was fat and was not able to do so.

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SHERKNA - to move aside;

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grouse=you "browse" internet and "complain" that net is slow

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SHIRK and SLACK are words that refer to a lazy and negligent person.

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sounds Jerk >>> In wake up Sid, Sid was a Jerk who din joined his fathers successful company, and RAN AWAY FROM HIS DUTIES..

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shoddy

Short Definition : made of inferior material; sham; not genuine; inferior; dishonest; Ex. shoddy goods/trick

Definition
(noun) reclaimed wool fiber Definition
(adj) cheap and shoddy
Synonyms : cheapjack tawdry
Example Sentence
  • cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob
Definition
(adj) of inferior workmanship and materials
Synonyms : jerry-built
Example Sentence
  • mean little jerry-built houses
Definition
(adj) designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
Synonyms : deceptive misleading
Example Sentence
  • the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm
  • deliberately deceptive packaging
  • a misleading similarity
  • statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading
  • shoddy business practices
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for shoddy

sounds like "showy" means in look things are good but in quality they are not good as they are made up of inferior material

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Shoddy - take this as Show + Body, Hot women usually show their body when they intend to mislead or deceive men.

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He is shady and sells shoddy goods.

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shoddy..sounds like noddy..and noddy is made of wood which is an inferior material...

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shoddy ==badly and carelessly made, using low quality materials: "shoddy goods" mnemonic === remember cricketer ritender singh sodhi===a poor quality criketer...

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think toddy .. its inferior quality of liquor.

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SHODDY is BADLY made or done.

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shoddy material doesn't suit the body

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sho+oddy—to show odd(oddy) things, odd things are usually of poor quality and made badely

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SHOWING+BODY = showing body is bad quality (especially women)

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shorty

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shoot

Short Definition : new growth from a plant

Definition
(noun) a new branch Definition
(noun) the act of shooting at targets
Example Sentence
  • they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer
Definition
(verb) hit with a missile from a weapon
Synonyms : hit pip
Definition
(verb) kill by firing a missile
Synonyms : pip
Definition
(verb) fire a shot
Synonyms : blast
Example Sentence
  • the gunman blasted away
Definition
(verb) make a film or photograph of something
Synonyms : film take
Example Sentence
  • take a scene
  • shoot a movie
Definition
(verb) send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
Example Sentence
  • shoot a glance
Definition
(verb) run or move very quickly or hastily
Synonyms : dart dash flash scoot scud
Example Sentence
  • She dashed into the yard
Definition
(verb) move quickly and violently
Synonyms : buck charge shoot down tear
Example Sentence
  • The car tore down the street
  • He came charging into my office
Definition
(verb) throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
Example Sentence
  • shoot craps
  • shoot a golf ball
Definition
(verb) record on photographic film
Synonyms : photograph snap
Example Sentence
  • I photographed the scene of the accident
  • She snapped a picture of the President
Definition
(verb) emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
Example Sentence
  • The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth
Definition
(verb) cause a sharp and sudden pain in
Example Sentence
  • The pain shot up her leg
Definition
(verb) force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
Synonyms : inject
Example Sentence
  • inject hydrogen into the balloon
Definition
(verb) variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
Example Sentence
  • shoot cloth
Definition
(verb) throw dice, as in a crap game Definition
(verb) spend frivolously and unwisely
Example Sentence
  • Fritter away one's inheritance
Definition
(verb) score
Example Sentence
  • shoot a basket
  • shoot a goal
Definition
(verb) utter fast and forcefully
Example Sentence
  • She shot back an answer
Definition
(verb) measure the altitude of by using a sextant
Example Sentence
  • shoot a star
Definition
(verb) produce buds, branches, or germinate
Example Sentence
  • the potatoes sprouted
Definition
(verb) give an injection to
Synonyms : inject
Example Sentence
  • We injected the glucose into the patient's vein
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for shoot

"Bamboo shoots" is a well-known Chinese restuarant in Bangalore.

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SHOOT or BOLT is to move very quickly.

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shove

Short Definition : push forward; push roughly; Ex. pushing and shoving to get on the bus; N.

Definition
(noun) the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something)
Example Sentence
  • he gave the door a shove
Definition
(verb) come into rough contact with while moving
Synonyms : jostle
Example Sentence
  • The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train
Definition
(verb) push roughly
Example Sentence
  • the people pushed and shoved to get in line
Definition
(verb) press or force
Synonyms : squeeze stuff thrust
Example Sentence
  • Stuff money into an envelope
  • She thrust the letter into his hand
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for shove

it can be opposite of shave .. here you push downward and push smoothly...

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SHOVE SOUNDS LIKE SHOE...you push forward something with your shoes.

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SHOVE or THRUST - to push forward.

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Shovel(A tool used to dig) can be shoved to dig -- (Just to remember)

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