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Showers
- noun - a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower"
- a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person; "her friends organized a baby shower for her when she was expecting"
- a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you; "they installed a shower in the bathroom"
- a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower; "a little shower of rose petals"; "a sudden cascade of sparks"
- expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise"
- provide abundantly with; "He showered her with presents"
- rain abundantly; "Meteors showered down over half of Australia"
- someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see
- spray or sprinkle with; "The guests showered rice on the couple"
- take a shower; wash one's body in the shower; "You should shower after vigorous exercise"
- washing yourself by standing uprig
Shrieks
- noun - a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes"
- Piercing cry
- sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors"
- utter a shrill cry
Shrifts
- noun - the act of being shriven
Shrikes
- noun - any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals
Shrills
- verb - utter a shrill cry
Shrimps
- noun - any of various edible decapod crustaceans
- disparaging terms for small people
- fish for shrimp
- small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
Shrines
- noun - a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
- enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral"
Shrinks
- noun - a physician who specializes in psychiatry
- become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
- decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
- draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
- reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
- wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
Shrives
- verb - grant remission of a sin to; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's"
Shrouds
- noun - (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
- a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute
- burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
- cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
- form a cover like a shroud; "Mist shrouded the castle"
- wrap in a shroud; "shroud the corpses"