5 Letter Words That Start With SH

sharp

Adjective : Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.

Adjective : (colloquial) Intelligent.

Adjective : (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).

shift

Noun : A movement to do something, a beginning.

Noun : An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.

Noun : A simple straight-hanging, loose-fitting dress.

shade

Noun : (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.

Noun : (countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.

Noun : (countable) A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).

shape

Noun : A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.

Noun : Form; formation.

Noun : (geometry) A geometric figure defined by its surfaces, lines, and angles, existing in 2D or 3D

short

Adjective : Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.

Adjective : (of a person) Of comparatively small height.

Adjective : Having little duration.

shaft

Noun : The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.

Noun : (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.

Noun : Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool.

sheer

Adjective : (by extension) Downright; complete; pure.

Adjective : Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.

Adjective : (textiles) Very thin or transparent.

shoal

Noun : Any large number of persons or things.

Noun : (collective) A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.

Noun : A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.

shame

Noun : An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.

Noun : Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.

Noun : Something to regret.

shell

Noun : A hard external covering of an animal.

Noun : The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.

Noun : (by extension) Any mollusk having such a covering.

shank

Noun : The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.

Noun : Meat from that part of an animal.

Noun : (ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.

shock

Noun : A sudden, heavy impact.

Noun : (figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.

Noun : (psychology) A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.

shout

Verb : (intransitive) To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc.

Noun : A loud burst of voice or voices; a violent and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing joy, triumph, exultation, anger, or great effort.

Verb : (transitive) To utter with a shout; to cry; to shout out

shove

Verb : (transitive) To push, especially roughly or with force.

Verb : (intransitive) To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.

Noun : A rough push.

shear

Verb : (intransitive, transitive) To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.

Verb : To cut the hair of (a person).

Verb : To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.

shake

Verb : (transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.

Verb : (transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.

Verb : (transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.

shoot

Verb : To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.

Verb : (transitive) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).

Verb : (transitive) To fire (a projectile).

shrub

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

Noun : A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative. Modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur.

Verb : (obsolete) To lop; to prune.

shine

Verb : (intransitive, copulative) To emit or reflect light so as to glow.

Verb : (intransitive, copulative) To reflect light.

Verb : (intransitive, copulative) To distinguish oneself; to excel.

shaky

Adjective : Shaking or trembling.

Adjective : Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.

Adjective : Nervous, anxious.

shawl

Noun : A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women.

Verb : (transitive) To wrap in a shawl.

Noun : A fold of wrinkled flesh under the lips and neck of a bloodhound, used in scenting.

showy

Adjective : (sometimes derogatory) Calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye.

Adjective : Making a striking or aesthetically pleasing display.

Adjective : (informal, chiefly of a literary work) Inclined to showing (by conveying an impression so that events are described in the narrative), instead of telling (by explicitly stating facts).

shunt

Verb : (transitive) To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.

Verb : (transitive) To divert to a less important place, position, or state.

Verb : (transitive, electricity) To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.

shady

Adjective : Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.

Adjective : Abounding in shades.

Adjective : Causing shade.

sheen

Noun : (also figuratively) Splendor; radiance; shininess.

Noun : A thin layer of a substance (such as oil) spread on a solid or liquid surface.

Adjective : (rare, poetic) Beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny.

shirk

Verb : (transitive) To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.

Verb : (intransitive) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.

Noun : One who shirks, who avoids a duty or responsibility.

shall

Verb : Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first person singular or plural.

Verb : Used similarly to indicate determination or obligation in the second and third persons singular or plural.

Verb : Used in questions with the first person singular or plural to suggest a possible future action.

shrew

Noun : (derogatory) An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.

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

Noun : Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews.

shack

Noun : A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.

Noun : Any poorly constructed or poorly furnished building.

Noun : (slang) The room from which a ham radio operator transmits.

shard

Noun : A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.

Noun : (by extension) A piece of material, especially rock and similar materials, reminding of a broken piece of glass or pottery.

Verb : (intransitive) To fall apart into shards, usually as the result of impact or explosion.

shred

Noun : A fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.

Noun : A long, narrow piece (especially of fabric) cut or torn off; a strip; specifically, a piece of cloth or clothing.

Noun : (by extension) A thin strand or wisp, as of a cloud, mist, etc.

shuck

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

Verb : (transitive) To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).

Verb : (transitive) To remove (any outer covering).

shore

Noun : Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.

Noun : (from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.

Verb : Usually followed by up: to reinforce (something at risk of failure).

sheaf

Noun : A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.

Noun : Any collection of things bound together.

Noun : A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.

shoat

Noun : A young, newly-weaned pig.

Noun : A sheep–goat hybrid (whether artificially produced or the result of animals from these species naturally intermating).

sheet

Noun : A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.

Noun : A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce two leaves and four pages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent.

Noun : A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.

shiny

Adjective : Reflecting light.

Adjective : Emitting light.

Adjective : (colloquial) Excellent; remarkable.

shite

Noun : (chiefly UK, Ireland, vulgar) Shit; trash; rubbish; nonsense

Adjective : (chiefly UK, Ireland, vulgar) Bad; awful; shit.

Noun : (chiefly UK, Ireland, vulgar, derogatory, uncommon) A foolish or deceitful person.

share

Verb : To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.

Verb : To have or use in common.

Verb : To divide and distribute.

sheep

Noun : (countable) A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.

Noun : (countable, strictly) A member of the domestic species Ovis aries, the most well-known species of Ovis.

Noun : (countable) A timid, shy person who is easily led by others.

shire

Noun : (British) (chiefly historical) An administrative area or district between about the 5th to the 11th century, subdivided into hundreds or wapentakes and jointly governed by an ealdorman and a sheriff; also, a present-day area corresponding to such a historical district; a county; especially (England), a county having a name ending in -shire.

Noun : (by extension) An administrative area or district in other countries.

Noun : (Australia, often attributive) An outer suburban or rural local government area which elects its own council.

shend

Verb : (obsolete) To disgrace or put to shame.

Verb : (archaic) To blame.

Verb : (archaic) To destroy; to spoil.

shiro

Noun : A stew of Ethiopia and Eritrea origin whose primary ingredient is powdered chickpeas or broad-bean meal.

Noun : A mass of hyphae constituting the mycelium of certain fungi.

Noun : A male given name from Japanese.

shiok

Adjective : Delightful, pleasurable.

shave

Verb : (transitive) To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.

Verb : (intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.

Verb : (transitive) To cut anything in this fashion.

shush

Verb : (onomatopoeia, transitive or intransitive) To ask someone to be quiet, especially by saying shh.

Verb : (onomatopoeia, intransitive) To be quiet; to keep quiet.

Noun : A city in Khuzestan Province, Iran, site of ancient Susa.

shiel

Noun : A shepherd's hut or shieling.

Noun : A cottage.

Verb : (intransitive, agriculture) To use a place as a shieling.

shash

Noun : (television) Synonym of snow (“random pattern of dots when there is no signal”).

Noun : The scarf of a turban.

Noun : A sash.

shonk

Noun : A surname.

Noun : (humorous) A shark.

Noun : (offensive, ethnic slur, dated) A Jew.

shtum

Adjective : Silent; speechless; dumb.

shark

Noun : (ichthyology, countable) Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.

Noun : (uncountable) Flesh of this animal, consumed as food.

Noun : Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.

shawm

Noun : A mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body.

sherd

Noun : (dated or archaeology) Alternative form of shard. [A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.]

shive

Noun : A slice, especially of bread.

Noun : A beam or plank of split wood.

Noun : A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole or closing a wide-mouthed bottle.

shlep

Verb : Alternative form of schlep. [(transitive) To carry, drag, or lug.]

Noun : Alternative form of schlep. [A long or burdensome journey.]

shoah

Noun : (history) The systematic mass murder of six million Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.

Noun : A mass murder.

Verb : (transitive, chiefly alt-right slang) To destroy; to remove; to take down, especially from an Internet platform.

shirl

Noun : A short form of the female given name Shirley.

Noun : A surname.

Noun : (mineralogy) Archaic form of schorl. [(mineralogy) The most common variety of tourmaline.]

shail

Verb : (intransitive, dialectal) To walk or move unsteadily or haphazardly; stumbling or shuffling.

shool

Verb : To move materials with a shovel.

Verb : (transitive, figuratively) To move with a shoveling motion, to cover as by shoveling

Verb : To shuffle or shamble.

shmoe

Noun : Alternative spelling of schmo. [(US, slang, chiefly Jewish) A stupid, obnoxious, pathetic, or otherwise contemptible person; a schmuck.]

shelf

Noun : A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.

Noun : The capacity of such an object

Noun : A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.

shrug

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

Verb : (ambitransitive) To raise (the shoulders) to express uncertainty, lack of concern, (formerly) dread, etc.

Noun : A cropped, cardigan-like garment with short or long sleeves, typically knitted.

sheik

Noun : The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.

Noun : (some Arab Gulf countries) An official title for members of the royal family as well as some prominent families.

Noun : An Islamic religious cleric; the master of a Sufi order.

shook

Adjective : (slang) Shaken up; rattled; shocked or surprised.

Adjective : (slang) Emotionally upset or disturbed; scared.

Noun : A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.

shill

Noun : A person paid to endorse a product while pretending to be impartial.

Noun : (derogatory) Any person enthusiastically endorsing a product; especially, one who is getting paid for the endorsement.

Verb : (derogatory, intransitive, transitive) To promote or endorse in return for payment, especially dishonestly; sometimes extended sarcastically even to those not paid but strongly biased in favor.

sheol

Noun : (Old Testament) The realm of the dead, the common grave of mankind, Hell. In older English translations of the Bible, notably the Authorized Version or King James Bible, this word sheol is translated inconsistently and variously as grave (31 times), pit (3 times) or hell (31 times: e.g., De. 32:22; 2Sa. 22:6; Job 11:8; Ps. 9:17).

Noun : Alternative letter-case form of Sheol. [(Old Testament) The realm of the dead, the common grave of mankind, Hell. In older English translations of the Bible, notably the Authorized Version or King James Bible, this word sheol is translated inconsistently and variously as grave (31 times), pit (3 times) or hell (31 times: e.g., De. 32:22; 2Sa. 22:6; Job 11:8; Ps. 9:17).]

sheba

Noun : (biblical) A former kingdom in the Red Sea region. An ancient kingdom in Arabia or possibly in Africa. Frequently equated with ancient Saba.

Noun : The 34th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Noun : A female given name from Hebrew.

shtup

Verb : (ambitransitive, somewhat vulgar) have sex (with)

Verb : push

shoyu

Noun : A dark form of soy sauce.

shrag

Verb : (uncommon) To cut or lop; to trim or prune (something, such as a tree).

Noun : A twig cut from a tree.

shily

Verb : Archaic form of shyly. [In a shy manner.]

sherm

Noun : (uncountable, slang) The drug phencyclidine (PCP).

Noun : (countable, slang) A cigarette soaked in PCP.

Noun : (slang, derogatory) A degenerate; a person not worthy of respect.

sheld

Noun : Obsolete spelling of shield. [Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.]

shero

Noun : (feminism) A female hero.

shoar

Noun : Alternative form of shore (“land alongside the sea”). [Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.]

Noun : Alternative form of shore (“a prop or strut”). [Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.]

shojo

Noun : (anime, manga) A style of anime and manga intended for young women.

Adjective : (anime, manga) Being in the style of shōjo manga or anime.

Noun : (folklore) A creature in Japanese folklore, often depicted as a sea spirit with red hair and a fondness for alcohol.

shehe

Noun : Alternative form of she-he. [(informal, derogatory, offensive) A trans woman.]

shewe

Verb : Obsolete spelling of show. [(transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).]

shale

Noun : (geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.

Noun : A shell or husk; a cod or pod.

Verb : To take off the shell or coat of.

shirt

Noun : (clothing) An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.

Verb : To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt.

Noun : A member of the shirt-wearing team in a shirts and skins game.

shako

Noun : A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a short visor, and a plume.

Noun : (British) A bearskin or busby.

Noun : The squilla or mantis shrimp.

shone

Noun : A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].

shyly

Verb : In a shy manner.

shoji

Noun : A door or partition consisting of a wooden frame covered in rice paper, used in traditional Japanese architecture.

Noun : A male given name from Japanese.

shote

Noun : (obsolete, UK, dialect) A fish resembling the trout, the grayling (Thymallus thymallus).

Noun : Alternative form of shoat. [A young, newly-weaned pig.]

shuns

Verb : (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.

Verb : (transitive) To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).

Verb : (transitive) To screen, hide.

shrow

Verb : (obsolete) To hide or cover; to shroud.

Noun : (obsolete) Alternative form of shrew. [Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.]

shand

Noun : Shame; scandal; disgrace.

Adjective : (UK dialectal, Scotland) Worthless.

Noun : (UK dialectal, Scotland) Base coin; one with mixed metals.

shmup

Noun : (video games, slang) A shoot-'em-up, particularly a two-dimensional shooter themed around spaceship battles.

shobe

Noun : A surname.

Noun : (informal) a younger sister; little sister

Noun : the youngest sister

shota

Noun : A male given name of Georgian origin.

Noun : (countable, anime) A fictional young boy character, especially one featured in such material. Typically drawn with exaggerated or stylised cute features.

Noun : (uncountable, anime) Hentai anime or manga, or other Japanese-inspired erotic art featuring young, usually prepubescent boys.

shehu

Noun : A surname from Albanian.

shibe

Noun : (Internet slang) A Shiba Inu.

shizz

Noun : Alternative spelling of shiz. [(vulgar, slang) shit (in any sense)]

shudo

Noun : (historical) pederasty in Japan

shoes

Noun : "Shoes" is a song recorded by Canadian country pop singer Shania Twain.

Noun : an American rock band formed in Zion, Illinois in 1974.

Noun : the debut album by Kelly.

shorn

Adjective : Of a person, having had a haircut.

Adjective : Of a sheep, etc., having been shorn.

shirr

Verb : (US, sewing) To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads.

Verb : (US, transitive) To bake (a raw egg removed from its shell) in a baking dish.

Noun : (sewing) A shirring.

shied

Noun : A surname.

Adjective : Alternative form of shyer, comparative form of shy: more shy.

Noun : Alternative form of shyer, a horse that shies. [A horse that shies.]

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