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Sharking
- verb - hunt shark
- play the shark; act with trickery
Sheading
- - A tithing, or division, in the Isle of Man, in which there is a coroner, or chief constable. The island is divided into six sheadings.
Shealing
- - The outer husk, pod, or shell, as of oats, pease, etc.; sheal; shell.
Shearing
- verb - become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
- cut or cut through with shears; "shear the wool off the lamb"
- cut with shears; "shear hedges"
- removing by cutting off or clipping
- shear the wool from; "shear sheep"
Shedding
- verb - cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring"
- cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table"
- get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"
- loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
- pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee"
- the process whereby something is shed
Sheeling
- - A hut or small cottage in an exposed or a retired place (as on a mountain or at the seaside) such as is used by shepherds, fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer cottage; also, a shed.
Sheering
- verb - cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle"
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
Sheeting
- verb - come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon"
- cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; "sheet the body"
- fabric from which bed sheets are made
Shelling
- verb - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
- create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain"
- fall out of the pod or husk; "The corn shelled"
- hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"
- look for and collect shells by the seashore
- remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"
- remove the husks from; "husk corn"
- the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing"
- use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day"