--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 42 description: The 2316 words of the English dictionary under S, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/42/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / S # S — The English dictionary · page 42 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/41/) **42** [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/43/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) **showmanship** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Skill at entertaining a crowd and getting attention, by doing things in a bold, exciting or dramatic way.[↗](../../showmanship/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The magician's showmanship had the whole hall gasping.[↗](../../showmanship/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His goal celebration was pure showmanship.[↗](../../showmanship/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The circus ringmaster was famous for his showmanship.[↗](../../showmanship/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Good showmanship can make even a science demo exciting.[↗](../../showmanship/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She plays well, but she needs less showmanship and more teamwork.[↗](../../showmanship/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · P. T. Barnum was known for his showmanship and his tall tales.[↗](../../showmanship/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **showy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very bright, big or colourful so that people notice it, sometimes too much.[↗](../../showy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Done to make people admire you rather than for a real purpose: a showy trick, a showy way of playing.[↗](../../showy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sunflowers are showy flowers.[↗](../../showy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His showy red car was parked outside the school.[↗](../../showy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She did a showy cartwheel just to impress everyone.[↗](../../showy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The footballer's showy trick lost the ball.[↗](../../showy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The peacock spread its showy tail.[↗](../../showy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad loved showy clothes and loud horns.[↗](../../showy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I prefer a simple cake to a showy one.[↗](../../showy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **shred** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) A small, thin piece torn or cut from something.[↗](../../shred/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A very small amount.[↗](../../shred/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "not a shred of evidence".[↗](../../shred/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To tear or cut something into small thin pieces.[↗](../../shred/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To destroy papers with a shredding machine.[↗](../../shred/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (slang) To play guitar very fast and well, or to skate or surf very well; "shredded" also means very muscly.[↗](../../shred/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum shredded the cheese for the pizza.[↗](../../shred/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog tore my homework to shreds\![↗](../../shred/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There is not a shred of evidence that he did it.[↗](../../shred/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad shredded the old bank letters.[↗](../../shred/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her dress was in shreds after the storm.[↗](../../shred/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That guitarist can really shred\![↗](../../shred/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (slang)[↗](../../shred/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage; for they knew them not.[↗](../../shred/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.4.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shred/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **shredded** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Shredded means torn or cut into thin strips or small pieces.[↗](../../shredded/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective in cooking: shredded cheese, lettuce, carrot or chicken is cut or grated into thin strips.[↗](../../shredded/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Paper that is shredded has been cut up by a machine so no one can read it.[↗](../../shredded/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (slang) "Shredded" can mean having very visible muscles; in skateboarding or guitar "shredded" means played or rode brilliantly.[↗](../../shredded/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sprinkle the shredded cheese on the pizza.[↗](../../shredded/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy shredded my homework\![↗](../../shredded/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum shredded old bank letters so no one could steal her details.[↗](../../shredded/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm shredded the tent.[↗](../../shredded/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Add shredded carrot to the salad.[↗](../../shredded/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat shredded the arm of the sofa with its claws.[↗](../../shredded/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) After a year at the gym, he's totally shredded.[↗](../../shredded/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **shredder** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A shredder is a machine that cuts paper into thin strips so it cannot be read.[↗](../../shredder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A shredder can be a kitchen tool or machine part that cuts food or other things into thin pieces.[↗](../../shredder/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (slang) A shredder is someone who plays very fast, skilled guitar, or who surfs or snowboards brilliantly.[↗](../../shredder/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum put the old bank letters in the shredder.[↗](../../shredder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep your fingers away from the shredder.[↗](../../shredder/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The shredder jammed because I put too much paper in.[↗](../../shredder/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We used shredded paper for the hamster's bed.[↗](../../shredder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The office has a big shredder by the printer.[↗](../../shredder/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin is a real shredder on the electric guitar.[↗](../../shredder/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (slang)[↗](../../shredder/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The vegetable shredder made thin strips of carrot.[↗](../../shredder/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **shrew** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A shrew is a tiny mammal with a long pointed nose, small eyes and soft fur, that looks a bit like a mouse but eats insects and worms.[↗](../../shrew/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old-fashioned, insulting) A shrew was an old word for a bad-tempered woman who often scolds; this use is now seen as unkind.[↗](../../shrew/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A shrew must eat every few hours or it will starve.[↗](../../shrew/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat brought a dead shrew into the kitchen.[↗](../../shrew/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Shrews have pointed noses that twitch all the time.[↗](../../shrew/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pygmy shrew is one of Britain's smallest mammals.[↗](../../shrew/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A water shrew can swim and dive for food.[↗](../../shrew/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The owl swooped down and caught a shrew.[↗](../../shrew/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A shrew is not a mouse; it eats insects, not seeds.[↗](../../shrew/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In old books a cross woman was rudely called a shrew.[↗](../../shrew/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · There was once upon a time a lark who was the Tsar among the birds, and he took unto himself as his Tsaritsa a little shrew-mouse.[↗](../../shrew/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **shrewd** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Clever at understanding people and situations and at making good, practical decisions, especially about money or business.[↗](../../shrewd/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a guess or choice) Wise and likely to be right.[↗](../../shrewd/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The shrewd shopkeeper knew the coin was fake.[↗](../../shrewd/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · That was a shrewd move — you saved half your pocket money.[↗](../../shrewd/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma is shrewd; you can't fool her with a story.[↗](../../shrewd/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I made a shrewd guess that the answer was 12, and I was right.[↗](../../shrewd/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A shrewd buyer checks the price per gram, not just the price.[↗](../../shrewd/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective gave the suspect a shrewd look.[↗](../../shrewd/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He shrewdly kept some money back for later.[↗](../../shrewd/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Well, Donald was a shrewd fellow, and downhearted though he was, began to think if he could get any good out of Daisy's death.[↗](../../shrewd/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **shrewdly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To act shrewdly is to think quickly and clearly and judge well what is going on, especially when you want to gain something.[↗](../../shrewdly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The landlord said shrewdly what he thought.[↗](../../shrewdly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Odysseus shrewdly worked out who the stranger was.[↗](../../shrewdly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She shrewdly guessed the answer.[↗](../../shrewdly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **shriek** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To shriek is to give a short, loud, very high cry, because you are scared, excited, hurt or laughing hard.[↗](../../shriek/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A shriek is one such cry.[↗](../../shriek/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To shriek something is to say it in a very high, loud voice.[↗](../../shriek/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The children shrieked with joy on the roller coaster.[↗](../../shriek/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She let out a shriek when the mouse ran past.[↗](../../shriek/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Get off my foot!» he shrieked.[↗](../../shriek/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard shrieks from the haunted house ride.[↗](../../shriek/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby shrieked with laughter at the puppy.[↗](../../shriek/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A sudden shriek woke the whole house.[↗](../../shriek/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The girls shrieked as the cold wave hit them.[↗](../../shriek/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The genie gave such a loud and terrible shriek that the hall shook.[↗](../../shriek/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **shrieked** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Past form of «shriek»: gave a sudden, very high, loud cry, out of fear, pain, excitement or laughter.[↗](../../shrieked/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Said something in a high, loud voice.[↗](../../shrieked/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of things) Made a high, sharp noise, like brakes, wind or a whistle.[↗](../../shrieked/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She shrieked when the spider ran across her foot.[↗](../../shrieked/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The children shrieked with laughter at the clown.[↗](../../shrieked/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "Get out of my room!" my sister shrieked.[↗](../../shrieked/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The brakes shrieked as the bus stopped.[↗](../../shrieked/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind shrieked around the old house all night.[↗](../../shrieked/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone shrieked as the roller coaster dropped.[↗](../../shrieked/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The parrot shrieked whenever the doorbell rang.[↗](../../shrieked/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "We'll poison her--poison her!" shrieked the witches.[↗](../../shrieked/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **shrieking** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Making a loud, high, sharp cry, from fear, pain, excitement or laughter.[↗](../../shrieking/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) The sound of loud high cries.[↗](../../shrieking/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The children were shrieking with laughter on the slide.[↗](../../shrieking/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard shrieking from the haunted house.[↗](../../shrieking/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The shrieking wind rattled the windows.[↗](../../shrieking/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She ran away shrieking when she saw the mouse.[↗](../../shrieking/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The monkeys were shrieking in the trees.[↗](../../shrieking/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop shrieking — the baby's asleep\![↗](../../shrieking/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He could scarce keep from shrieking.[↗](../../shrieking/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **shrill** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A shrill sound is very high, loud and sharp, often unpleasant: a shrill whistle, a shrill scream.[↗](../../shrill/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Shrill can describe someone who complains or argues in a loud, annoying way.[↗](../../shrill/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rare, verb) To shrill is to make a shrill sound.[↗](../../shrill/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The referee blew a shrill whistle.[↗](../../shrill/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A shrill scream came from the playground.[↗](../../shrill/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The smoke alarm gave a shrill beep.[↗](../../shrill/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bird's shrill call woke me up.[↗](../../shrill/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her voice became shrill when she was scared.[↗](../../shrill/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The kettle let out a shrill whistle.[↗](../../shrill/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The shrill cries of seagulls filled the harbour.[↗](../../shrill/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But more distinct came the shrill voice of Tinker Bell.[↗](../../shrill/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Cry thou with a shrill voice, O daughter of Gallim\![↗](../../shrill/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.10.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shrill/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **shrimp** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A shrimp is a small sea animal with a shell, a long tail and many legs; many are eaten as food.[↗](../../shrimp/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, teasing) A shrimp is a very small person.[↗](../../shrimp/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To shrimp is to catch shrimps.[↗](../../shrimp/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We caught shrimps in a net at the beach.[↗](../../shrimp/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Whales eat tiny shrimp-like krill.[↗](../../shrimp/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad cooked shrimp for dinner.[↗](../../shrimp/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Come here, you little shrimp!» laughed my big brother.[↗](../../shrimp/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some shrimps can change colour.[↗](../../shrimp/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Shrimps belong to the same group as crabs and lobsters.[↗](../../shrimp/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘You wretched little shrimp,’ replied Hans, ‘a great deal of good your gratitude is likely to do me\![↗](../../shrimp/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **shrine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A shrine is a holy place, often a small chapel or a tomb, where people go to pray or to honour a saint or god.[↗](../../shrine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We visited the shrine to pray.[↗](../../shrine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hermit lived near a small shrine.[↗](../../shrine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · People left flowers at the shrine.[↗](../../shrine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **shrink** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To shrink means to get smaller, or to make something smaller.[↗](../../shrink/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Clothes can shrink when they are washed in hot water.[↗](../../shrink/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To shrink back or shrink away is to move back because you are afraid.[↗](../../shrink/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sweater shrank by 4 cm.[↗](../../shrink/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The pond shrinks 2 cm each day.[↗](../../shrink/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How long is the shirt after it shrinks?[↗](../../shrink/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The class shrank from 30 to 25 pupils.[↗](../../shrink/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My jumper shrank in the hot wash.[↗](../../shrink/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Alice drank from the bottle and began to shrink.[↗](../../shrink/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Metal shrinks a little when it gets cold.[↗](../../shrink/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The puddle shrank in the hot sun.[↗](../../shrink/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Will the dog bite me?" asked Proserpina, shrinking closer to Pluto.[↗](../../shrink/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **shrinkage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The amount by which something gets smaller.[↗](../../shrinkage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The process of getting smaller.[↗](../../shrinkage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (business) Goods lost from a shop through theft, damage or mistakes.[↗](../../shrinkage/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wash it in cold water to avoid shrinkage.[↗](../../shrinkage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The shrinkage of the jumper was 3 centimetres.[↗](../../shrinkage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Buy a bigger size to allow for shrinkage.[↗](../../shrinkage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wood shows shrinkage as it dries.[↗](../../shrinkage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Shops lose money through shrinkage.[↗](../../shrinkage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If 10% shrinkage happens to 50 cm, it becomes 45 cm.[↗](../../shrinkage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **shrivel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To become smaller, dry and wrinkled, often because of heat, cold or lack of water.[↗](../../shrivel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To make something do this.[↗](../../shrivel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (figurative) To feel very small or ashamed.[↗](../../shrivel/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "I shrivelled with embarrassment."[↗](../../shrivel/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The flowers shrivelled in the heat.[↗](../../shrivel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grapes shrivel into raisins when they dry.[↗](../../shrivel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My fingers shrivel in the bath.[↗](../../shrivel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The leaves shrivelled up and fell off.[↗](../../shrivel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The slug shrivelled when salt touched it.[↗](../../shrivel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I shrivelled with embarrassment when I fell over on stage.[↗](../../shrivel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Till thy skin shrivels up and thou art a skeleton\![↗](../../shrivel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The grains shrivel under their hoes; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.[↗](../../shrivel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOL.1.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shrivel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **shrivelled** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Shrivelled means dried up and wrinkled, shrunk small and tight, like an old apple or a dead leaf.[↗](../../shrivelled/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The shrivelled frog sat alone in the corner.[↗](../../shrivelled/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He sold a sack of shrivelled apples.[↗](../../shrivelled/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old dwarf had a shrivelled face.[↗](../../shrivelled/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And Thou hast shrivelled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness riseth up against me, it testifieth to my face.[↗](../../shrivelled/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.16.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shrivelled/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Their visage is blacker than coal; they are not known in the streets; their skin is shrivelled upon their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.[↗](../../shrivelled/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.4.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shrivelled/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **shroud** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) A cloth that a dead body is wrapped in before burial.[↗](../../shroud/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) Something that covers or hides.[↗](../../shroud/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a shroud of mist", "a shroud of secrecy".[↗](../../shroud/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To cover or hide something.[↗](../../shroud/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Fog shrouded the town."[↗](../../shroud/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun, sailing) One of the ropes that hold a ship's mast steady.[↗](../../shroud/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The castle was shrouded in fog.[↗](../../shroud/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old house was shrouded in mystery.[↗](../../shroud/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The body was wrapped in a white shroud.[↗](../../shroud/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A shroud of smoke hung over the city.[↗](../../shroud/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The plan was kept under a shroud of secrecy.[↗](../../shroud/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailor climbed the shrouds to the top of the mast.[↗](../../shroud/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She went up to the corpse, and drew away its shroud from it.[↗](../../shroud/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.[↗](../../shroud/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.31.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shroud/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **shrub** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A woody plant smaller than a tree, with several stems growing from near the ground; a bush.[↗](../../shrub/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lavender is a shrub with purple flowers.[↗](../../shrub/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds built a nest in the shrub by the fence.[↗](../../shrub/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We planted shrubs along the school path.[↗](../../shrub/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A shrub has many woody stems, but a tree usually has one trunk.[↗](../../shrub/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The gardener trimmed the shrubs into round shapes.[↗](../../shrub/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rosemary is a shrub that smells lovely.[↗](../../shrub/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a large shrub, completely covered with the most magnificent flowers in the world.[↗](../../shrub/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.[↗](../../shrub/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.21.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shrub/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **shrubbery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A shrubbery is an area in a garden or park planted with bushes and small trees.[↗](../../shrubbery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He walked into the shrubbery.[↗](../../shrubbery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The deer was hidden in the shrubbery.[↗](../../shrubbery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The children played among the shrubbery.[↗](../../shrubbery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **shrug** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To shrug is to raise your shoulders quickly and drop them, to show you do not know or do not care.[↗](../../shrug/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A shrug is that movement.[↗](../../shrug/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To shrug something off is to treat it as not important, or to get over it easily.[↗](../../shrug/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Where's your homework?»[↗](../../shrug/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") He just shrugged.[↗](../../shrug/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She shrugged her shoulders and said, «I don't know.»[↗](../../shrug/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave a shrug and walked away.[↗](../../shrug/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She shrugged off the fall and kept running.[↗](../../shrug/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't shrug when I ask you a question.[↗](../../shrug/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He shrugged off the cold and played on.[↗](../../shrug/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "All right," said Elfin, shrugging his shoulders.[↗](../../shrug/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … 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