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Shirked
- verb - avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
- avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"
Shirker
- noun - a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
Shirred
- verb - bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set; "shirr the eggs"
- Verb - In sewing, to shirr (shirring) is to make two or more rows of gathers used to decorate parts of garments, usually the sleeves, bodice or yoke.
Shorage
- - Duty paid for goods brought on shore.
Shoring
- verb - a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
- arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"
- serve as a shore to; "The river was shored by trees"
- support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building"
- the act of propping up with shores
Shorted
- verb - cheat someone by not returning him enough money
- create a short circuit in
Shorten
- verb - become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
- edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
- make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
- make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
Shorter
- unknown - more succinct
less tall