Shoot (v. i.) To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
Shoot (v. i.) To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
Shoot (v. i.) To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
Shoot (v. i.) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
Shoot (v. i.) To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.
Shoot (v. i.) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
Shoot (n.) The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.
Shoot (n.) A young branch or growth.
Shoot (n.) A rush of water; a rapid.
Shoot (n.) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
Shoot (n.) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
Shoot (n.) A shoat; a young hog.
Shooter (n.) One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner.
Shooter (n.) That which shoots.
Shooter (n.) A firearm; as, a five-shooter.
Shooter (n.) A shooting star.
Shooting (n.) The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light.
Shooting (n.) A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting.
Shooting (n.) A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head.
Shooting (a.) Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
Shooty (a.) Sprouting or coming up freely and regularly.
Shop () imp. of Shape. Shaped.
Shop (n.) A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.
Shop (n.) A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.
Shopped (imp. & p. p.) of Shop
Shopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shop
Shop (v. i.) To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.
Shopboard (n.) A bench or board on which work is performed; a workbench.
Shopbook (n.) A book in which a tradesman keeps his accounts.
Shopboy (n.) A boy employed in a shop.
Shopen () p. p. of Shape.
Shopgirl (n.) A girl employed in a shop.
Shopkeeper (n.) A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale.
Shoplifter (n.) One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal.
Shoplifting (n.) Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop.
Shoplike (a.) Suiting a shop; vulgar.
Shopmaid (n.) A shopgirl.
Shopmen (pl. ) of Shopman
Shopman (n.) A shopkeeper; a retailer.
Shopman (n.) One who serves in a shop; a salesman.
Shopman (n.) One who works in a shop or a factory.
Shopper (n.) One who shops.
Shoppish (a.) Having the appearance or qualities of a shopkeeper, or shopman.
Shoppy (a.) Abounding with shops.
Shoppy (a.) Of or pertaining to shops, or one's own shop or business; as, shoppy talk.
Shopshift (n.) The trick of a shopkeeper; deception.
Shopwalker (n.) One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director. Cf. Floorwalker.
Shopwomen (pl. ) of Shopwoman
Shopwoman (n.) A woman employed in a shop.
Shopworn (a.) Somewhat worn or damaged by having been kept for a time in a shop.
Shorage (n.) Duty paid for goods brought on shore.
Shore () imp. of Shear.
Shore (n.) A sewer.
Shore (n.) A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging.
Shored (imp. & p. p.) of Shore
Shoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shore
Shore (v. t.) To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building.
Shore (v. t.) The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river.
Shore (v. t.) To set on shore.
Shoreless (a.) Having no shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent; as, a shoreless ocean.
Shoreling (n.) See Shorling.
Shorer (n.) One who, or that which, shores or props; a prop; a shore.
Shoreward (adv.) Toward the shore.
Shoring (n.) The act of supporting or strengthening with a prop or shore.
Shoring (n.) A system of props; props, collectively.
Shorl (a.) Alt. of Shorlaceous
Shorlaceous (a.) See Schorl, Schorlaceous.
Shorling (n.) The skin of a sheen after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep; also, a sheep of the first year's shearing.
Shorling (n.) A person who is shorn; a shaveling; hence, in contempt, a priest.
Shorn () p. p. of Shear.
Short (superl.) Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.
Short (superl.) Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.
Short (superl.) Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.
Short (superl.) Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money.
Short (superl.) Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.
Short (superl.) Not distant in time; near at hand.
Short (superl.) Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory.
Short (superl.) Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); -- with of.
Short (superl.) Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.
Short (superl.) Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.
Short (superl.) Brittle.
Short (superl.) Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under Short, n., and To sell short, under Short, adv.
Short (adv.) Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, //22, 30.
Short (n.) A summary account.
Short (n.) The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.
Short (n.) Short, inferior hemp.
Short (n.) Breeches; shortclothes.
Short (n.) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
Short (adv.) In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.
Short (v. t.) To shorten.
Short (v. i.) To fail; to decrease.
Shortage (n.) Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts.
Short-breathed (a.) Having short-breath, or quick respiration.
Short-breathed (a.) Having short life.
Shortcake (n.) An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked.
Short circuit () A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.
Short-circuited (imp. & p. p.) of Short-circuit
Short-circuiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Short-circuit
Short-circuit (v. t.) To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance.
Shortclothes (n.) Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings.