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shepherd's pie noun : a meat pie with a mashed potato crust

sheqel noun, plural sheqalim variant of SHEKEL

sher·bet noun [ORIGIN: Turk şerbet, fr. Per sharbat, fr. Ar sharbah drink]

1 : a drink of sweetened diluted fruit juice

2 also sher·bert : a frozen dessert of fruit juices, sugar, milk or water, and egg whites or gelatin

sher·iff noun [ORIGIN: ME shirreve, fr. OE scīrgerēfa, lit., shire reeve (local official)]

: a county officer charged with the execution of the law and the preservation of order

sher·ry noun, plural sherries [ORIGIN: alter. of earlier sherris (taken as pl.), fr. Xeres (now Jerez), Spain]

: a fortified wine with a nutty flavor

Shet·land pony noun : any of a breed of small stocky hardy ponies

shew British variant of SHOW

shi·at·su also shi·at·zu noun [ORIGIN: short for Jp shiatsuryōhō]

: a form of acupressure originating in Japan

shib·bo·leth noun [ORIGIN: Heb shibbōleth stream; fr. the use of this word as a test to distinguish the men of Gilead from members of the tribe of Ephraim (Judges 12:5, 6)]

1 : a word or saying used by adherents of a party, sect, or belief and usu. regarded by others as empty of real meaning; also : a banal, trite, or stale remark

2 : language that is a criterion for distinguishing members of a group

Synonyms

cry, slogan, watchword—more at SLOGAN

banality, cliché, commonplace, platitude—more at COMMONPLACE

1shield noun 1 : a broad piece of defensive armor carried on the arm

2 : something that protects or hides

3 : a police officer's badge

Synonyms

aegis, armor, cover, defense, guard, protection, safeguard, screen, security, wall, ward—more at DEFENSE

2shield verb : to protect or hide with a shield

Synonyms

cover, defend, guard, protect, safeguard, screen, secure, ward—more at DEFEND

1shift verb 1 : to exchange for or replace by another

2 : to change place, position, or direction : MOVE; also : to change gears

3 : to assume responsibility : GET BY

4 : to go through a change

Synonyms

[1] change, commute, exchange, substitute, swap, switch, trade—more at CHANGE

[2] budge, dislocate, displace, disturb, move, remove, transfer—more at MOVE

[3] cope, do, fare, get along, get by, make out, manage—more at GET ALONG

[4] change, fluctuate, mutate, vary—more at CHANGE

2shift noun 1 : SCHEME, TRICK

2 : a woman's slip or loose-fitting dress

3 : a change in direction, emphasis, or attitude

4 : a group working together alternating with other groups

5 : TRANSFER

6 : GEARSHIFT

7 : a means or device for effecting an end

Synonyms

[3] motion, move, movement, moving, stir, stirring—more at MOVEMENT

[7] expedient, measure, move, step—more at MEASURE

shift·less adjective : lacking in ambition or incentive : LAZY

Synonyms

idle, indolent, lazy, slothful—more at LAZY

shift·less·ness noun : the quality or state of being shiftless

shifty adjective shift·i·er; -est 1 a : given to deception, evasion, or fraud

b : ELUSIVE

2 : indicative of a tricky nature <~ eyes>

Synonyms

furtive, shady, slippery, sly, sneaky, stealthy—more at SNEAKY

crooked, deceptive, dishonest, fast, fraudulent, shady, sharp, underhanded—more at DISHONEST

shih tzu noun, plural shih tzus also shih tzu often cap S&T : any of a breed of small short-legged dogs of Chinese origin that have a short muzzle and a long dense coat

shii·ta·ke noun [ORIGIN: Jp]

: a dark Asian mushroom widely cultivated for its edible cap

shill noun : one who acts as a decoy (as for a pitchman)

— shill verb

shil·le·lagh also shil·la·lah noun [ORIGIN: Shillelagh, town in Ireland]

: a short heavy club : CUDGEL

shil·ling noun : a former monetary unit of the United Kingdom equal to 1/20 pound

shilly–shally verb shilly–shall·ied; shilly–shally·ing 1 : to show hesitation or lack of decisiveness

2 : to waste time

Synonyms

falter, hang back, hesitate, stagger, teeter, vacillate, waver, wobble—more at HESITATE

shim noun : a thin often tapered piece of wood, metal, or stone used (as in leveling) to fill in