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Shelter
- noun - a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
- a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings
- invest (money) so that it is not taxable
- protective covering that provides protection from the weather
- provide shelter for; "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people"
- temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons
- the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"
Shelved
- verb - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
- place on a shelf; "shelve books"
Shelver
- noun - a worker who puts things (as books) on shelves
Shelves
- noun - a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
- a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
- hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
- place on a shelf; "shelve books"
Sherbet
- noun - a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin
Shifted
- verb - change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"
- change in quality; "His tone shifted"
- change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
- change place or direction; "Shift one's position"
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"
- make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched"
- move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
- move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion"
- move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
- move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention"
- move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"
- move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"
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Shifter
- noun - a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears; "in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever"
- a stagehand responsible for moving scenery
Shikses
- noun - a derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women
Shilled
- verb - act as a shill; "The shill bid for the expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up"
Shimmer
- noun - a weak and tremulous light; "the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water"
- give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
- shine with a weak or fitful light; "Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight"