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Shadbird
- - The American, or Wilson's, snipe. See under Snipe. So called because it appears at the same time as the shad. (b) The common European sandpiper.
Shadblow
- noun - any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit
Shadbush
- noun - any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit
Shaddock
- noun - large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp
- southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits
Shadiest
- adjective - (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous; "a shady operation"
- filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"
- not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"
- of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting"
Shadings
- noun - a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades
- graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting
Shadowed
- verb - cast a shadow over
- filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"
- follow, usually without the person's knowledge; "The police are shadowing her"
- make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"
Shadower
- noun - a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
Shadrach
- - A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.)