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 shank

shank (noun)

  1. The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
  2. Meat from that part of an animal.
  3. A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
  4. A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
  5. The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
  6. The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
  7. A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
  8. The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.
  9. A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
  10. An improvised stabbing weapon; a shiv.
  11. A loop forming an eye to a button.
  12. The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
  13. A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
  14. The body of a type; between the shoulder and the foot.
  15. (shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
  16. Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
  17. The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.
  18. The main part or beginning of a period of time.

shank (verb)

  1. To travel on foot.
  2. To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
  3. To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
  4. To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
  5. To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
  6. To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.
  7. To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye).
  8. (shoemaking) To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.

shank (adjective)

  1. Bad.

Definition of sheng

sheng (noun)

  1. A Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest made from a dried gourd (or, more recently, wood or chrome-plated brass).

Definition of shoot

shoot (noun)

  1. The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
  2. A photography session.
  3. A hunt or shooting competition.
  4. An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
  5. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
  6. A rush of water; a rapid.
  7. A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
  8. A shoat; a young pig.
  9. A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
  10. An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
  11. The act of taking all point cards in one hand.

shoot (verb)

  1. To launch a projectile.
  2. To move or act quickly or suddenly.
  3. To act or achieve.
  4. To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
  5. To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
  6. To develop, move forward.
  7. To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
  8. To plane straight; to fit by planing.
  9. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.W
  10. To shoot the moon.

shoot (interjection)

  1. A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain

Definition of shura

shura (noun)

  1. A body that provides counsel to a leader