Words in english starting with S

• shroud — Verb – English ～ cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
• shroud — Verb – English ～ wrap in a shroud; "shroud the corpses"
• shroud — Noun – English ～ a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute
• shroud — Noun – English ～ (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
• shroud — Noun – English ～ burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
• Shrovetide — Noun – English ～ immediately preceding Lent
• shrub — Noun – English ～ a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
• shrubbery — Noun – English ～ a collection of shrubs growing together
• shrubbery — Noun – English ～ an area where a number of shrubs are planted
• shrubby penstemon — Noun – English ～ low bushy plant with large showy pale lavender or blue-violet flowers in narrow clusters at ends of stems
• shrubby bittersweet — Noun – English ～ twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
• shrubby — Adjective – English ～ of or relating to or resembling a shrub
• shrublet — Noun – English ～ dwarf shrub
• shrug off — Verb – English ～ minimize the importance of, brush aside; "Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points"
• shrug — Verb – English ～ raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
• shrug — Noun – English ～ a gesture involving the shoulders
• shrunken — Adjective – English ～ reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power"
• shrunken — Adjective – English ～ lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"
• shtick — Noun – English ～ (Yiddish) a little; a piece; "give him a shtik cake"; "he's a shtik crazy"; "he played a shtik Beethoven"
• shtick — Noun – English ～ (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating; "how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?"

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