5 letter words starting with sho

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  • 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

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Definition of shore

shore (noun)

  1. Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
  2. (from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.

shore (verb)

  1. To set on shore.

shore (noun)

  1. A prop or strut supporting the weight or flooring above it.

shore (verb)

  1. (without up) To provide with support.
  2. (usually with up) To reinforce (something at risk of failure).

shore (verb)

  1. To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
  2. To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.
  3. To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
  4. To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
  5. To make a vertical cut in the coal.
  6. To reap, as grain.
  7. To deprive of property; to fleece.

shore (noun)

  1. (Obsolete except in Hiberno-English) A sewer.

shore (verb)

  1. To warn or threaten.
  2. To offer.

Definition of short

short (noun)

  1. A short circuit.
  2. A short film.
  3. A short version of a garment in a particular size.
  4. A shortstop.
  5. A short seller.
  6. A short sale.
  7. A summary account.
  8. A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
  9. An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
  10. An automobile; especially in crack shorts, to break into automobiles.

short (verb)

  1. To cause a short circuit in (something).
  2. Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
  3. To shortchange.
  4. To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
  5. To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
  6. To shorten.

short (adjective)

  1. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
  2. (of a person) Of comparatively small height.
  3. Having little duration.
  4. (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
  5. (of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.
  6. (of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.
  7. (of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.
  8. (of pastries) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of a large quantity of fat. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening.)
  9. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
  10. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
  11. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
  12. Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
  13. Undiluted; neat.
  14. Not distant in time; near at hand.
  15. Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.

short (adverb)

  1. Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
  2. Unawares.
  3. Without achieving a goal or requirement.
  4. (of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
  5. With a negative ownership position.

short (preposition)

  1. Deficient in.
  2. Having a negative position in.