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Sharpening
- verb - become sharp or sharper; "The debate sharpened"
- give a point to; "The candles are tapered"
- make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
- make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision"
- make crisp or more crisp and precise; "We had to sharpen our arguments"
- make sharp or sharper; "sharpen the knives"
- put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie"
- raise the pitch of (musical notes)
Shattering
- verb - break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered"
- cause to break into many pieces; "shatter the plate"
- damage or destroy; "The news of her husband's death shattered her life"
- seemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering; "shattering rain striking the windowpanes"; "the shattering tones of the enormous carillon"; "the shattering peal of artillery"
- the act of breaking something into small pieces
Shebeeners
- unknown - People who run or go to an illegal liquor shop (known as a shebeen), especially in Ireland, Scotland
Sheltering
- verb - invest (money) so that it is not taxable
- provide shelter for; "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people"
Shepherded
- verb - tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats
- watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils
Shepherdia
- - A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as Elaeagnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo.
Shepherdly
- - Resembling, or becoming to, a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.
Shillelagh
- noun - a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn)
Shimmering
- verb - give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
- shine with a weak or fitful light; "Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight"
Shinleaves
- noun - North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters