English Words: S

A person who shreds or tears something.

The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.

plural of shred

An extremely ugly person.

A surname from Nepali.

A surname.

Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.

Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.

In a shrewd manner.

The quality of being shrewd.

A large market town, the county town of Shropshire, England.

A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

A title of respect used before male names, Mr.

A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.

present participle and gerund of shriek

The act of going to or hearing a religious confession.

Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns.

High-pitched and piercing.

Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen.

A holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped.

To cause to become smaller.

The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.

present participle and gerund of shrink

To collapse inward; to crumble.

Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.

Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.

A person who shrives; a confessor

A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or (historical) a local expert at detecting bad coin.

An inland county of England bordered by the English counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and the Welsh county of Powys and county borough of Wrexham.

That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.

Wearing, or provided with a shroud.

simple past of shrive

A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.

A planting of shrubs; a wide border to a garden where shrubs are thickly planted; or a similar larger area with a path winding through it.

Of or resembling a shrub.

A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of knowledge.

simple past and past participle of shrug

present participle and gerund of shrug

plural of shrug

simple past and past participle of shrink

Reduced in size as a result of shrinkage; shrivelled.

The smallest interval of pitch that can be detected or produced.

Initialism of (when the) shit hits the fan: used among survivalists to refer to an apocalyptic event.

A generally humorous routine.

The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).

simple past and past participle of shuck

Removal of a shuck; usually:

Exclamatory response to a minor disappointment.

A shed.

To shake nervously, often from fear or horror.