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

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Definition of shama

shama (noun)

  1. Copsychus malabaricus (white-rumped shama), a saxicoline songbird of India, glossy black with a white rump and brown underparts, and six other species in genus Copsychus.

Definition of sharp

sharp (noun)

  1. The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher.
  2. A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
  3. A note that is sharp in a particular key.
  4. The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
  5. (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
  6. A dishonest person; a cheater.
  7. Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
  8. A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
  9. (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
  10. An expert.
  11. A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).

sharp (verb)

  1. To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
  2. To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
  3. To sharpen.

sharp (adjective)

  1. Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not obtuse or rounded.
  2. Intelligent.
  3. Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
  4. Higher in pitch than required.
  5. Having an intense, acrid flavour.
  6. Sudden and intense.
  7. Illegal or dishonest.
  8. Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.
  9. Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
  10. Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.
  11. Stylish or attractive.
  12. Observant; alert; acute.
  13. Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
  14. Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
  15. (of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
  16. Tactical; risky.
  17. Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
  18. Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
  19. Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
  20. Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
  21. Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
  22. Hungry.

sharp (adverb)

  1. To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
  2. (notcomp) Exactly.
  3. In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.


Definition of shive

shive (noun)

  1. A slice, especially of bread.
  2. A sheave.
  3. A beam or plank of split wood.
  4. A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole or closing a wide-mouthed bottle.

shive (noun)

  1. A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching
  2. A plant fragment remaining in scoured wool.
  3. A piece of thread or fluff on the surface of cloth or other material.
  4. (papermaking) A dark particle or impurity in finished paper resulting from a bundle of incompletely cooked wood fibres in the pulp.

shive (noun)

  1. A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
  2. A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.

shive (noun)

  1. A weeklong period of formal mourning for a close relative.