English-Thai Dictionary
sheaf
N มัด กำ กลุ่ม กอง ฟ่อน bundle cluster package mad
shear
N กรรไกร kan-kai
shear
N การ ตัด ขน แกะ kan-tad-kon-kea
shear
VI ตัด ตัด ขน ตัด ขน แกะ โกน เล็ม cleave shave shorten sever lengthen tad
shear
VT ตัด ตัด ขน ตัด ขน แกะ โกน เล็ม cleave shave shorten sever lengthen tad
shear away
PHRV ตัดออก เล็ม ออก ฟัน ออก sheer off tad-ook
shear of
PHRV หาย ไป หมด ไม่มี เหลือ hai-pai-mod
shear off
PHRV ตัดออก เล็ม ออก ฟัน ออก shear away tad-ook
shearer
N เครื่อง สกัด แร่ ผู้ ตัด ขน แกะ
shearwater
N นก ทะเล ตระกูล Procellariidae nak-ta-lea
sheath
N ถุงยางอนามัย tung-yang-ar-na-mai
sheath
N ฝัก ดาบ ฝัก มีด ปลอกมีด ปลอก ดาบ case cover spathe fak-dub
sheath
VT ใส่ ปลอก ใส่ ฝัก sheathe sai-pok
sheath knife
N มีด ที่ มี ปลอก mid-ti-me-pok
sheathe
VT ใส่ ปลอก ใส่ ฝัก คลุม ไว้ ห่อหุ้ม attire dress robe sheath disrobe denude unclothe sai-pok
sheathing
N การ สวมใส่ ปลอก การ ใส่ ฝัก สิ่ง ปกคลุม ชั้นนอก วัสดุ ที ใช้ คลุม kan-suam-sai-pok
sheave
N ลู กรอก ล้อ สาย พาน luk-rok
sheave
VT มัด เก็บ ไว้ เป็น มัด หรือ ฟ่อน block pulley mad
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SHEADING
n.In the isle of Man, a riding, tithing or division, in which there is a corner or chief constable. The isle is divided into six sheading.
SHEAF
n.plu. sheaves. [L. scopa, scopo.] 1. A quantity of the stalks of wheat, rye, oats or barley bound together; a bundle of stalks or straw.
-The reaper fills his greedy hands,
And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands. Dryden.
2. Any bundle or collection; as a sheaf of arrows.
SHEAF
v.t.To collect and bind; to make sheaves.
SHEAL
to shell, not used.
SHEAR
v.t. pret.sheared; pp. sheared or shorn. The old pret. shore is entirely obsolete. 1. To cut or clip something from the surface with an instrument of two blades; to separate any thing from the surface by shears, scissors or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth. It is appropriately used for the cutting of wool from sheep on their skins, for clipping the nap from cloth, but may be applied to other things; as, a horse shears the ground in feeding much closer than an ox.
2. To separate by shears; as, to shear a fleece.
3. To reap. [Not in use. ] Scotish.
SHEAR
To deviate. [See Sheer. ]
SHEARBILL
n.[shear and bill. ] A fowl, the black skimmer or cut-water.
SHEARD
n.A shard. [See Shard. ]
SHEARED
pp. Clipped; deprived of woll, hair, nap.
SHEARER
n.One that shears; as a shearer of sheep.
SHEARMAN
n.sher'man. One whose occupation is to shear cloth.
SHEARS
n.plu. [from the verb. ] 1. An instrument consisting of two blades with a bevel edge, movable on a pin, used for cutting cloth and other substances by interception between the two blades. Shears differ from scissors chiefly in being larger.
Fate urg'd the shears and cut the sylph in twain. Pope.
2. Something in the form of the blades of shears.
3. Wings. [Not in use. ]
4. An engine for raising heavy weights. [See Sheers. ]
5. The denomimation of the age of sheep from the cutting of the teeth; as sheep of one shear, two shear, etc. [Local. ]
SHEAR-WATER
n.A fowl. [Larus niger. ] A species of petrel, (Procellaria puffinus, Linn. ) found on the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland. The cut-water, (Rhryncops nigra.)
SHEAT
[See Sheet. ]
SHEATH
n. 1. A case for the reception of a sword or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard. A sheath is that which separates, and hence a defense.
2. In botany, a membrane investing a stem or branch, as in grasses.
3. Any thin covering for defense; the wing-case of an insect.
SHEATH, SHEATHE
v.t. 1. To put in a case or scabbard; as, the sheathe a sword or dagger.
2. To inclose or cover with a sheath or case.
The leopard-deeps the claws of his fore feet turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin of his toes. Grew.
'Tis in my breast she sheathes her dagger now. Dryden.
3. To cover or line; as, to sheathe the bowels with demulcent or mucilaginous substances.
4. To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious or sharp particles.
5. To fit with a sheath.
6. To case or cover with boards or with sheets of copper; as, to sheathe a ship to protect it from the worms.
To sheathe the sword, a figurative phrase, to put an end to war or emnity; to make peace. It corresponds to the Indian phrase, to bury the hatchet.
SHEATHED
pp. 1. Put in a sheath; inclosed or covered in a case; covered; lined; invested with a membrane.
2. a. In botany, vaginate; invested by a sheath or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses.
SHEATHING
ppr. Putting in a sheath; inclosing in a case; covering; liningl investing with a membrane.
SHEATHING
n.The casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; or the materials for such covering.
SHEATHLESS
a.Without a sheath or case for covering; unsheathed.
SHEATH-WINGED
a.[sheath and wing. ] Having cases for covering the wings; as a sheath-winged insect.
SHEATHY
a.Forming a sheath or a case.
SHEAVE
n.In seamen's language, a wheel in which the rope works in a block. It is made of hard wood or a metal. When made of wood, it is sometimes bushed, that is, has a piece or perforated brass let into its center, the better to sustain the friction of the pin.
SHEAVE
v.t.To bring together; to collect. [Not in use. ]
SHEAVED
a.Made of straw. [Not in use. ]
SHEAVE-HOLE
n.A channel cut in a mast, yard or other timber, in which to fix a sheave.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SHEADING
Shead "ing, n. Etym: [From AS. scadan, sceádan, to separate, divide. See Shed, v. t.]
Defn: A tithing, or division, in the Isle of Man, in which there is a coroner, or chief constable. The island is divided into six sheadings.
SHEAF
SHEAF Sheaf, n. (Mech. )
Defn: A sheave. [R.]
SHEAF
Sheaf, n.; pl. Sheaves. Etym: [OE. sheef, shef, schef, AS. sceáf;akin to D. schoof, OHG. scoub, G. schaub, Icel. skauf a fox's brush, and E. shove. See Shove. ]
1. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. The reaper fills his greedy hands, And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands. Dryden.
2. Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four. The sheaf of arrows shook and rattled in the case. Dryden.
SHEAF
SHEAF Sheaf, v. t.
Defn: To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.
SHEAF
SHEAF Sheaf, v. i.
Defn: To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves. They that reap must sheaf and bind. Shak.
SHEAFY
SHEAFY Sheaf "y, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf.
SHEAL
SHEAL Sheal, n.
Defn: Same as Sheeling. [Scot. ]
SHEAL
SHEAL Sheal, v. t.
Defn: To put under a sheal or shelter. [Scot. ]
SHEAL
Sheal, v. t. Etym: [See Shell. ]
Defn: To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] Jamieson. That's a shealed peascod. Shak.
SHEAL
SHEAL Sheal, n.
Defn: A shell or pod. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. ]
SHEALING
SHEALING Sheal "ing, n.
Defn: The outer husk, pod, or shell, as of oats, pease, etc. ; sheal; shell. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. ]
SHEALING
SHEALING Sheal "ing, n.
Defn: Same as Sheeling. [Scot. ]
SHEAR
Shear, v. t. [imp. Sheared or Shore (;p. p. Sheared or Shorn (; p.pr. & vb. n. Shearing. ] Etym: [OE. sheren, scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran, scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski, Gr. Jeer, Score, Shard, Share, Sheer to turn aside. ]
1. To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.
Note: It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from sheep or their skins, and the nap from cloth.
2. To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something ) from a surface; as, to shear a fleece. Before the golden tresses. .. were shorn away. Shak.
3. To reap, as grain. [Scot. ] Jamieson.
4. Fig. : To deprive of property; to fleece.
5. (Mech. )
Defn: To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4.
SHEAR
Shear, n. Etym: [AS. sceara. See Shear, v. t.]
1. A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See Shears. On his head came razor none, nor shear. Chaucer. Short of the wool, and naked from the shear. Dryden.
2. A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep. After the second shearing, he is a two-sher ram; ... at the expiration of another year, he is a three-shear ram; the name always taking its date from the time of shearing. Youatt.
3. (Engin. )
Defn: An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential stress.
4. (Mech. )
Defn: A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body, consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal compression in a perpendicular direction, with an unchanged magnitude in the third direction. Shear blade, one of the blades of shears or a shearing machine. -- Shear hulk. See under Hulk. -- Shear steel, a steel suitable for shears, scythes, and other cutting instruments, prepared from fagots of blistered steel by repeated heating, rolling, and tilting, to increase its malleability and fineness of texture.
SHEAR
SHEAR Shear, v. i.
1. To deviate. See Sheer.
2. (Engin. )
Defn: To become more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact.
SHEARBILL
SHEARBILL Shear "bill `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The black skimmer. See Skimmer.
SHEARD
SHEARD Sheard, n.
Defn: See Shard. [Obs. ]
SHEARER
SHEARER Shear "er, n.
1. One who shears. Like a lamb dumb before his shearer. Acts viii. 32.
2. A reaper. [Scot. ] Jamieson.
SHEARING
SHEARING Shear "ing, n.
1. The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
2. The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth.
3. Same as Shearling. Youatt.
4. The act or operation of reaping. [Scot. ]
5. The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.
6. The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
7. (Mining )
Defn: The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal. Shearing machine. (a ) A machine with blades, or rotary disks, for dividing plates or bars of metal. (b ) A machine for shearing cloth.
SHEARLING
SHEARLING Shear "ling, n.
Defn: A sheep but once sheared.
SHEARMAN
Shear "man, n.; pl. Shearmen (.
Defn: One whose occupation is to shear cloth.
SHEARN
Shearn, n. Etym: [AS. scearn. Cf. Scarn. ]
Defn: Dung; excrement. [Obs. ] [Written also shern. ] Holland.
SHEARS
Shears, n. pl. Etym: [Formerly used also in the singular. See Shear, n.,1.]
1. A cutting instrument. Specifically: (a ) An instrument consisting of two blades, commonly with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both sides of the material to be cut, -- used for cutting cloth and other substances.Fate urged the shears, and cut the sylph in twain. Pope.
(b ) A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins. (c ) A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge.
2. Anything in the form of shears. Specifically: (a ) A pair of wings. [Obs. ] Spenser. (b ) An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle. [Written also sheers. ]
3. (Mach. )
Defn: The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured; as, the shears of a lathe or planer. See Illust. under Lathe. Rotary shears. See under Rotary.
SHEAR STEEL
SHEAR STEEL Shear steel.
Defn: See under Shear.
SHEARTAIL
SHEARTAIL Shear "tail `, n. (Zoöl.)(a ) The common tern. (b ) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Thaumastura having a long forked tail.
SHEARWATER
Shear "wa `ter, n. Etym: [Shear + water; cf. G. wassersherer; -- so called from its running lightly along the surface of the water. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum ), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus ), and the greater shearwater (P. major ), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon.
SHEATFISH
Sheat "fish `, n. Etym: [Cf. dial. G. scheid, schaid, schaiden.](Zoöl.)
Defn: A European siluroid fish (Silurus glanis ) allied to the cat- fishes. It is the largest fresh-water fish of Europe, sometimes becoming six feet or more in length. See Siluroid.
SHEATH
Sheath, n. Etym: [OE. schethe, AS. scæedh, sceáedh, sceedh; akin to OS. skeedhia, D. scheede, G. scheide, OHG. sceida, Sw. skida, Dan. skede, Icel. skeiedhir, pl. , and to E. shed, v.t., originally meaning, to separate, to part. See Shed. ]
1. A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard. The dead knight's sword out of his sheath he drew. Spenser.
2. Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part. Specifically: (a ) (Bot. ) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses. (b ) (Zoöl.) One of the elytra of an insect. Medullary sheath. (Anat. )See under Medullary. -- Primitive sheath. (Anat. ) See Neurilemma. -- Sheath knife, a knife with a fixed blade, carried in a sheath. -- Sheath of Schwann. (Anat. ) See Schwann's sheath.
SHEATHBILL
SHEATHBILL Sheath "bill `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionidæ, native of the islands of the Antarctic. seas.
Note: They are related to the gulls and the plovers, but more nearly to the latter. The base of the bill is covered with a saddle-shaped horny sheath, and the toes are only slightly webbed. The plumage of both species is white.
SHEATHE
Sheathe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sheathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sheating.]Etym: [Written also sheath. ]
1. To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case. The leopard. .. keeps the claws of his fore feet turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin of his toes. Grew. 'T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now. Dryden.
2. To fit or furnish, as with a sheath. Shak.
3. To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper.
4. To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles. [R.] Arbuthnot. To sheathe the sword, to make peace.
SHEATHED
SHEATHED Sheathed, a.
1. Povided with, or inclosed in, sheath.
2. (Bot. )
Defn: Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate.
SHEATHER
SHEATHER Sheath "er, n.
Defn: One who sheathes.
SHEATHFISH
SHEATHFISH Sheath "fish `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Sheatfish.
SHEATHING
SHEATHING Sheath "ing, p. pr. & a.
Defn: from Sheathe. Inclosing with a sheath; as, the sheathing leaves of grasses; the sheathing stipules of many polygonaceous plants.
SHEATHING
SHEATHING Sheath "ing, n.
Defn: That which sheathes. Specifically: (a ) The casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; the materials for such covering; as, copper sheathing. (b ) (Arch. ) The first covering of boards on the outside wall of a frame house or on a timber roof; also, the material used for covering; ceiling boards in general.
SHEATHLESS
SHEATHLESS Sheath "less, a.
Defn: Without a sheath or case for covering; unsheathed.
SHEATH-WINGED
SHEATH-WINGED Sheath "-winged `, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle.
SHEATHY
SHEATHY Sheath "y, a.
Defn: Forming or resembling a sheath or case. Sir T. Browne.
SHEA TREE
SHEA TREE She "a tree `. (Bot. )
Defn: An African sapotaceous tree (Bassia, or Butyrospermum, Parkii ), from the seeds of which a substance resembling butter is obtained; the African butter tree.
SHEAVE
Sheave, n. Etym: [Akin to OD. schijve orb, disk, wheel, D. schiff, G.scheibe, Icel. skifa a shaving, slice; cf. Gr. Shift, v., Shive. ]
Defn: A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley. Sheave hole, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other timber, in which to fix a sheave.
SHEAVE
Sheave, v. t. Etym: [See Sheaf of straw. ]
Defn: To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect. Ashmole.
SHEAVED
SHEAVED Sheaved, a.
Defn: Made of straw. [Obs. ] Shak.
New American Oxford Dictionary
shea
shea |SHē, SHā ʃi |(also shea tree ) ▶noun a small tropical African tree that bears oily nuts from which shea butter is obtained. [Vitellaria paradoxa (or Butyrospermum parkii ), family Sapotaceae. ] ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Mande sye .
shea butter
shea but ter |ˈʃeɪbʌtər | ▶noun a fatty substance obtained from the nuts of the shea tree, used chiefly in cosmetic skin preparations.
sheading
shead ing |ˈSHēdiNG ˈʃidɪŋ | ▶noun each of the six administrative divisions of the Isle of Man. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: variant of shedding (see shed 2 ).
sheaf
sheaf |SHēf ʃif | ▶noun ( pl. sheaves |SHēvz | ) a bundle of grain stalks laid lengthwise and tied together after reaping. • a bundle of objects of one kind, esp. papers: he waved a sheaf of papers in the air. ▶verb [ with obj. ] bundle into sheaves. ORIGIN Old English scēaf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schoof ‘sheaf ’ and German Schaub ‘wisp of straw, ’ also to the verb shove .
shealing
sheal ing |ˈSHēliNG | ▶noun variant spelling of shieling.
shear
shear |SHi (ə )r ʃɪ (ə )r | ▶verb ( past participle shorn |SHôrn | or sheared ) 1 [ with obj. ] cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal ). • cut off (something such as hair, wool, or grass ), with scissors or shears: I'll shear off all that fleece. • (be shorn of ) have something cut off: they were shorn of their hair | figurative : the richest man in the U.S. was shorn of nearly $2 billion. 2 break off or cause to break off, owing to a structural strain: [ no obj. ] : the derailleur sheared and jammed in the rear wheel | [ with obj. ] : the left wing had been almost completely sheared off . ▶noun a strain in the structure of a substance produced by pressure, when its layers are laterally shifted in relation to each other. See also wind shear. DERIVATIVES shear er noun ORIGIN Old English sceran (originally in the sense ‘cut through with a weapon ’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German scheren, from a base meaning ‘divide, shear, shave. ’ usage: The two verbs shear and sheer are sometimes confused: see usage at sheer 2 .
Shearer, Moira
Shear er, Moira |ˈSHi (ə )rər ˌʃɪrər | (1926 –2006 ), Scottish ballet dancer and actress; full name Moira Shearer King. A ballerina with Sadler's Wells from 1942, she is noted for her portrayal of a dedicated ballerina in the movie The Red Shoes (1948 ).
Shearer, Norma
Shear er, Norma |ˈʃɪ (ə )rər ˈSHi (ə )rər | (1902 –83 ), US actress; born in Canada; full name Edith Norma Shearer. She made a successful transition from silent to talking movies, appearing in such movies as A Lady of Chance (1928 ), The Divorcee (1930 ), and Her Cardboard Lover (1942 ).
shearling
shear ling |ˈSHi (ə )rliNG ˈʃɪ (ə )rlɪŋ | ▶noun a sheep that has been shorn once: [ as modifier ] : a group of shearling rams. • wool or fleece from such a sheep. • a coat made from or lined with such wool.
shears
shears |SHi (ə )rz ʃɪ (ə )rz |(also a pair of shears ) ▶plural noun a cutting instrument in which two blades move past each other, like scissors but typically larger: garden shears. ORIGIN Old English scēara (plural ) ‘scissors, cutting instrument, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaar and German Schere, also to shear .
shearwater
shear wa ter |ˈSHi (ə )rˌwôtər, -ˌwätər ˈʃɪ (ə )rˌwɔdər | ▶noun 1 a long-winged seabird related to the petrels, often flying low over the surface of the water far from land. [Family Procellariidae: three genera, in particular Puffinus, and many species. ] 2 North American term for skimmer ( sense 2 ).
sheatfish
sheat fish |ˈSHētˌfiSH ˈʃitˌfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or sheatfishes ) ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from an alteration of sheath + fish 1 .
sheath
sheath |SHēTH ʃiθ | ▶noun ( pl. sheaths |SHēT͟Hz, SHēTHs | ) a close-fitting cover for something, esp. something that is elongated in shape, in particular: • a cover for the blade of a knife or sword. • a structure in living tissue that closely envelops another: the fatty sheath around nerve fibers. • (also sheath dress ) a woman's close-fitting dress: a tight sheath of black and gold lurex. • a protective covering around an electric cable. • a condom. DERIVATIVES sheath less adjective ORIGIN Old English scǣth, scēath ‘scabbard, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schede, German Scheide, also to the verb shed 2 .
sheathbill
sheath bill |ˈSHēTHˌbil ˈʃiθˌbɪl | ▶noun a mainly white pigeonlike bird with a horny sheath around the base of the bill, breeding on the coasts of sub-Antarctic islands and feeding by scavenging. [Family Chionididae and genus Chionis: two species. ]
sheathe
sheathe |SHēT͟H ʃið | ▶verb [ with obj. ] put (a weapon such as a knife or sword ) into a sheath. • (often be sheathed in ) encase (something ) in a close-fitting or protective covering: her legs were sheathed in black stockings. ORIGIN late Middle English: from sheath .
sheathing
sheath ing |ˈSHēT͟HiNG ˈʃiðɪŋ | ▶noun protective casing or covering.
sheath knife
sheath knife |ʃiθ naɪf | ▶noun a short knife similar to a dagger, carried in a sheath.
sheave
sheave |SHēv, SHiv ʃiv | ▶noun a wheel with a groove for a rope to run on, as in a pulley block. ORIGIN Middle English: from a Germanic base meaning ‘wheel, pulley. ’
sheaves
sheaves |SHēvz ʃivz | plural form of sheaf.
Oxford Dictionary
shea
shea |ʃiː, ˈʃiːə | ▶noun a small tropical African tree which bears oily nuts from which shea butter is obtained. ●Vitellaria paradoxa (or Butyrospermum parkii ), family Sapotaceae. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Mande sye .
shea butter
shea but ¦ter |ˈʃiːbʌtə (r )| ▶noun [ mass noun ] a fatty substance obtained from the nuts of the shea tree, used in cosmetic skin preparations and food.
sheading
sheading |ˈʃiːdɪŋ | ▶noun each of the six administrative divisions of the Isle of Man. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: variant of shedding (see shed 2 ).
sheaf
sheaf |ʃiːf | ▶noun ( pl. sheaves |ʃiːvz | ) a bundle of grain stalks laid lengthways and tied together after reaping. • a bundle of objects of one kind, especially papers: he waved a sheaf of papers in the air. ▶verb [ with obj. ] bundle into sheaves. ORIGIN Old English scēaf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schoof ‘sheaf ’ and German Schaub ‘wisp of straw ’, also to the verb shove .
shealing
sheal |ing ▶noun variant spelling of shieling.
shear
shear |ʃɪə | ▶verb ( past participle shorn |ʃɔːn | or sheared ) 1 [ with obj. ] cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal ). • cut off (something such as hair, wool, or grass ), with scissors or shears: I'll shear off all that fleece. • (be shorn of ) have something cut off: they were shorn of their hair | figurative : the richest man in the US was shorn of nearly $2 billion. 2 break off or cause to break off, owing to a structural strain: [ no obj. ] : the gear sheared and jammed in the rear wheel | [ with obj. ] : the left wing had been almost completely sheared off . ▶noun [ mass noun ] a strain produced by pressure in the structure of a substance, when its layers are laterally shifted in relation to each other. See also wind shear. DERIVATIVES shearer noun ORIGIN Old English sceran (originally in the sense ‘cut through with a weapon ’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German scheren, from a base meaning ‘divide, shear, shave ’. usage: The two verbs shear and sheer are sometimes confused: see usage at sheer 2 .
Shearer, Moira
Shear ¦er |ˈʃɪərə | (1926 –2006 ), Scottish ballet dancer and actress; full name Moira Shearer King. A ballerina with Sadler's Wells from 1942, she is perhaps best known for her portrayal of a dedicated ballerina in the film The Red Shoes (1948 ).
Shearer, Norma
Shear er, Norma |ˈʃɪ (ə )rər ˈSHi (ə )rər | (1902 –83 ), US actress; born in Canada; full name Edith Norma Shearer. She made a successful transition from silent to talking movies, appearing in such movies as A Lady of Chance (1928 ), The Divorcee (1930 ), and Her Cardboard Lover (1942 ).
shearling
shear |ling |ˈʃɪəlɪŋ | ▶noun a sheep that has been shorn once: [ as modifier ] : a group of shearling rams. • [ mass noun ] wool or fleece from a shearling sheep. • chiefly US a coat made from or lined with shearling wool.
shears
shears |ʃɪəz |(also a pair of shears ) ▶plural noun a cutting instrument in which two blades move past each other, like scissors but typically larger: garden shears. ORIGIN Old English scēara (plural ) ‘scissors, cutting instrument ’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaar and German Schere, also to shear .
shearwater
shear |water |ˈʃɪəwɔːtə | ▶noun 1 a long-winged seabird related to the petrels, often flying low over the surface of the water far from land. ●Family Procellariidae: three genera, in particular Puffinus, and many species. 2 North American term for skimmer ( sense 5 ).
sheatfish
sheatfish |ˈʃiːtfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or sheatfishes ) another term for wels. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from an alteration of sheath + fish 1 .
sheath
sheath |ʃiːθ | ▶noun ( pl. sheaths |ʃiːðz, ʃiːθs | ) a close-fitting cover for the blade of a knife or sword. • a structure in living tissue which closely envelops another: the fatty sheath around nerve fibres. • a protective covering around an electric cable. • (also sheath dress ) a woman's close-fitting dress. • chiefly Brit. a condom. DERIVATIVES sheathless adjective ORIGIN Old English scǣth, scēath ‘scabbard ’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schede, German Scheide, also to the verb shed 2 .
sheathbill
sheath |bill |ˈʃiːθbɪl | ▶noun a mainly white pigeon-like bird with a horny sheath around the base of the bill, breeding on the coasts of sub-Antarctic islands and feeding by scavenging. ●Family Chionididae and genus Chionis: two species.
sheathe
sheathe |ʃiːð | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] put (a weapon such as a knife or sword ) into a sheath. 2 (often be sheathed in ) encase (something ) in a close-fitting or protective covering: her legs were sheathed in black stockings. ORIGIN late Middle English: from sheath .
sheathing
sheathing |ˈʃiːðɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] protective casing or covering.
sheath knife
sheath knife ▶noun a short knife similar to a dagger, carried in a sheath.
sheave
sheave 1 |ʃiːv | ▶verb another term for sheaf. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from sheaves .
sheave
sheave 2 |ʃiːv | ▶noun a wheel with a groove for a rope to run on, as in a pulley block. ORIGIN Middle English: from a Germanic base meaning ‘wheel, pulley ’.
sheaves
sheaves |ʃiːvz | plural form of sheaf.
American Oxford Thesaurus
sheaf
sheaf noun a sheaf of papers: bundle, bunch, stack, pile, heap, mass.
sheath
sheath noun 1 put the sword in its sheath: scabbard, case. 2 the wire has a plastic sheath: covering, cover, case, casing, envelope, sleeve, wrapper, capsule. 3 a contraceptive sheath. See condom.
Oxford Thesaurus
sheaf
sheaf noun he sat down at the table with a sheaf of papers: bundle, bunch, stack, pile, heap, mass, armful, collection; informal load, wodge.
sheath
sheath noun 1 he slid the gleaming sword out of its sheath: scabbard, case. 2 an optical fibre has a core and a cladding encased in a tough protective plastic sheath: covering, cover, case, casing, envelope, sleeve, wrapper; technical tunica, capsule, fascia, neurilemma, epimysium, perimysium, perineurium, sarcolemma; coleoptile, coleorhiza, ochrea. 3 a barrier method of contraception such as a sheath: condom; contraceptive; N. Amer. prophylactic; Brit. trademark Durex; Brit. informal johnny, something for the weekend; N. Amer. informal rubber, safe, safety, skin; Brit. informal, dated French letter, Frenchy; dated protective.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
sheaf
sheaf /ʃiːf /名詞 複 sheaves C 〖通例 a ～〗1 【刈り取った穀物の 】束 «of » .2 (書類などの )束 .動詞 他動詞 …を束ねる .
shear
shear /ʃɪə r / (! sheerと同音 ) 動詞 ～s ; ～ed , ｟古 ｠shore /ʃɔː r /; ～ed, shorn /ʃɔː r n /; ～ing 他動詞 1 (大ばさみで )〈羊 〉の毛を刈る ; 〈羊毛など 〉を刈る (off, away ).2 〖be shorn of A 〗A 〈大切なもの 〉を奪われる, 取り上げられる .自動詞 1 はさみを入れる, はさみで刈る .2 〈物が 〉 (2つに )切れる .3 〈飛行機が 〉【雲の間などを 】切り進む «through » .4 〘物理 〙剪断 （せんだん ）される ; もぎ取られる, ちぎれる (off, away ).sh è ar A ó ff [ó ff A ]1 〘物理 〙A 〈金属など 〉を剪断する, Aに剪断変形を生じさせる ; Aを引きちぎる, もぎとる .2 ｟文 ｠A 〈髪 〉を切る, 刈る .名詞 1 〖～s 〗(大型の )刈り込みばさみ, 剪定ばさみ (!scissorsよりも大きく強力 ) ; 剪断機 ▸ a pair of shears 剪定ばさみ1丁 .2 C (羊の毛の )刈り込み (回数 ) 〘羊の年齢を表す 〙; 刈り取られた羊毛 .3 U 〘物理 〙剪断変形, ずれ .4 〖～s 〗二またクレーン (shear legs ).sh é ar er 名詞 C 羊毛を刈る人 (sheep shearer ).
sheath
sheath /ʃiːθ /名詞 複 ～s /-ðz, -θs /C 1 (刃物の )鞘 （さや ）.2 覆い .3 体にぴったりした婦人服 〘細身のドレスなど 〙.4 ｟英 やや古 ｠コンドーム (condom ); 〖the ～〗コンドームを使った避妊 .5 〘植 〙葉鞘 （ようしょう ）; 〘虫 〙さやばね ; 〘生物 〙鞘 .～́ kn ì fe 鞘入りナイフ .
sheathe
sheathe /ʃiːð /動詞 他動詞 1 ｟文 ｠〈刃物 〉を鞘 （さや ）に収める .2 ｟文 ｠〖be ～d 〗 «…で » (ぴったり )覆われている «with , in » .3 〈動物が 〉〈つめ 〉を引っ込める .
sheaves
sheaves /ʃiːvz /名詞 sheafの複数形 .
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