5 letter words starting with sh

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  • SHACK
  • SHADE
  • SHADS
  • SHADY
  • SHAFT
  • SHAGS
  • SHAHS
  • SHAKA
  • SHAKE
  • SHAKO
  • SHAKT
  • SHAKY
  • SHALE
  • SHALL
  • SHALM
  • SHALT
  • SHALY
  • SHAMA
  • SHAME
  • SHAMS
  • SHAND
  • SHANK
  • SHANS
  • SHAPE
  • SHAPS
  • SHARD
  • SHARE
  • SHARK
  • SHARN
  • SHARP
  • SHART
  • SHASH
  • SHAUL
  • SHAVE
  • SHAWL
  • SHAWM
  • SHAWN
  • SHAWS
  • SHAYA
  • SHAYS
  • SHCHI
  • SHEAF
  • SHEAL
  • SHEAR
  • SHEAS
  • SHEDS
  • SHEEL
  • SHEEN
  • SHEEP
  • SHEER
  • SHEET
  • SHEIK
  • SHELF
  • SHELL
  • SHEND
  • SHENG
  • SHENT
  • SHEOL
  • SHERD
  • SHERE
  • SHERO
  • SHETS
  • SHEVA
  • SHEWN
  • SHEWS
  • SHIAI
  • SHIED
  • SHIEL
  • SHIER
  • SHIES
  • SHIFT
  • SHILL
  • SHILY
  • SHIMS
  • SHINE
  • SHINS
  • SHINY
  • SHIOK
  • SHIPS
  • SHIRE
  • SHIRK
  • SHIRR
  • SHIRS
  • SHIRT
  • SHISH
  • SHISO
  • SHIST
  • SHITE
  • SHITS
  • SHIUR
  • SHIVA
  • SHIVE
  • SHIVS
  • SHLEP
  • SHLUB
  • SHMEK
  • SHMOE
  • SHOAL
  • SHOAT
  • SHOCK
  • SHOED
  • SHOER
  • SHOES
  • SHOGI
  • SHOGS
  • SHOJI
  • SHOJO
  • SHOLA
  • SHONE
  • SHONK
  • SHOOK
  • SHOOL
  • SHOON
  • SHOOS
  • SHOOT
  • SHOPE
  • SHOPS
  • SHORE
  • SHORL
  • SHORN
  • SHORT
  • SHOTE
  • SHOTS
  • SHOTT
  • SHOUD
  • SHOUT
  • SHOVE
  • SHOWD
  • SHOWN
  • SHOWS
  • SHOWY
  • SHOYU
  • SHRED
  • SHREW
  • SHRIS
  • SHROW
  • SHRUB
  • SHRUG
  • SHTAR
  • SHTIK
  • SHTUM
  • SHTUP
  • SHUBA
  • SHUCK
  • SHULE
  • SHULN
  • SHULS
  • SHUNS
  • SHUNT
  • SHURA
  • SHUSH
  • SHUTE
  • SHUTS
  • SHWAS
  • SHYER
  • SHYLY

Sometimes the solution is an uncommon word, then It’s time to learn something new. Here’s the definition of a few of these words:


Definition of shark

shark (noun)

  1. A scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.

shark (verb)

  1. To fish for sharks.

shark (noun)

  1. Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.
  2. A sleazy and amoral lawyer
  3. An ambulance chaser.
  4. A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business.
  5. A very good poker or pool player. Compare fish (a bad poker player).
  6. A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others.

shark (verb)

  1. To steal or obtain through fraud.
  2. To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
  3. To live by shifts and stratagems.

shark (verb)

  1. To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

Definition of sheds

sheds (verb)

  1. To part, separate or divide.
  2. To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, let fall, be divested of.
  3. To pour; to make flow.
  4. To allow to flow or fall.
  5. To radiate, cast, give off (light); see also shed light on.
  6. To pour forth, give off, impart.
  7. To fall in drops; to pour.
  8. To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
  9. To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

sheds (noun)

  1. An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
  2. A distinction or dividing-line.
  3. A parting in the hair.
  4. The top of the head.
  5. An area of land as distinguished from those around it.

sheds (noun)

  1. A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut.
  2. A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.
  3. An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.
  4. (rail transportation) A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.

sheds (verb)

  1. To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed.

Definition of shims

shims (noun)

  1. A wedge.
  2. A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
  3. A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
  4. A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
  5. A small metal device used to pick open a lock.

shims (verb)

  1. To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery.
  2. To adjust something by using shims.
  3. To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes.

shims (noun)

  1. A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits, also called a he-she; transsexual.
  2. Hermaphrodite.

Definition of shred

shred (noun)

  1. A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
  2. In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle; a very small amount.

shred (verb)

  1. To cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips.
  2. To reduce by a large percentage.
  3. To lop; to prune; to trim.
  4. To ride aggressively.
  5. To drop fat and water weight before a competition.
  6. To play very fast (especially guitar solos in rock and metal genres).