Children's Illustrated Dictionary.

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share
shares sharing shared verb
1 to have or use together.
2 to divide something
into parts to give
to others.

They shared the melon.

shark
sharks noun
a large fish with rows of
sharp teeth that lives
in both cold and warm
oceans. Sharks eat fish or
small water animals and are
able to detect smells and
sounds at great distances.

sharp
adjective
with a thin edge or a fine
point that may be used for
cutting things.
Careful—that knife is sharp!
N comparisons sharper sharpest

shatter
shatters shattering shattered
verb

1 to break into many pieces.

When she sang the top notes,
the glass shattered.
2 to ruin someone’s plans,
or to make someone upset.
The loss of their jobs shattered
their dreams of buying a home.

shave

shaves shaving shaved verb

to remove hair from the skin

with a razor.

shawl

shawls noun

a large piece of cloth worn

over the shoulders.

shear

shears shearing sheared shorn

verb

to cut off wool or fur.

We shear sheep for their wool.

shed

sheds noun

a small building for storing

things such as garden tools.

shed

sheds shedding shed verb

to drop, lose, or separate

from something.

Snakes shed their skins.

sheep

sheep noun

a farm animal reared for

its wool and meat.

sheer

adjective

1 very steep.

It was a sheer drop.

2 complete or absolute.

Sheer exhaustion.

sheet

sheets noun

a large, thin, flat piece of

cloth, paper, plastic, or metal.

A sheet of steel.

shelf

shelves noun

a horizontal piece of wood or

metal for storing things on.

shell

shells noun

the hard, outer covering that

protects some living things.

Eggs, nuts, and animals such

as snails, crabs, and tortoises

have shells (see reptile

on page 168).

shellfish

noun

any small, edible water

animal that has a shell.

shelter

shelters noun

a thing that protects

someone or something from

the weather or from danger.

The doorway was a shelter

from the rain.

shelter verb

sheltered adjective

sheriff

sheriffs noun

a law officer whose job is to

see that people obey the law

in a particular area.

shield

shields noun

a strong piece of metal or

leather that soldiers used

to carry in battle to protect

their bodies

from their

opponents’

weapons.

shield

shields shielding shielded verb

to protect.

She shielded her eyes from

the sun.

shield

leopard shark

crab’s

shell

egg shell nut shell

an ancient

Indian shield