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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"
Shticks
- noun - (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention; "play it straight with no shtik"
- (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating; "how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?"
- (Yiddish) a little; a piece; "give him a shtik cake"; "he's a shtik crazy"; "he played a shtik Beethoven"
- (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning; "his shtik made us laugh"
Shtikls
- noun - a really little shtik; "have a shtikl cake"
Shudras
- noun - a member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste
- the lowest of the four varnas: the servants and workers of low status
Shuftis
- noun - a quick look around (originally military slang); "take a shufti while you're out there"
Shumacs
- noun - a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus)
Shushes
- verb - silence (someone) by uttering `shush!'