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Sending
- verb - assign to a station
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song"
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
- cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written"
- cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"
- the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
- to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place; "He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept"
- transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"
- transport commercially
Sendups
- noun - a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
Serdica
- noun - capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria
Setdown
- - The humbling of a person by act or words, especially by a disparaging remark, a retort or a reproof; the retort or the reproof which has such effect. Also called put-down.
Shadfly
- noun - slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
Shadier
- 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"
Shading
- verb - a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades
- cast a shadow over
- graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting
- pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree; "the butterfly wings shade to yellow"
- protect from light, heat, or view; "Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight"
- represent the effect of shade or shadow on
- vary slightly; "shade the meaning"
Shadoof
- - A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.
Shadows
- noun - a dominating and pervasive presence; "he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father"
- a premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his happiness"
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"
- an inseparable companion; "the poor child was his mother's shadow"
- an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"
- cast a shadow over
- 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"
- refuge from danger or observation; "he felt secure in his father's shadow"
- shade within clear boundaries
- something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"