<B>shandy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=shandygaff.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>beer and lemonade mixed. </DL>
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<B>shandygaff, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> beer and ginger ale or ginger beer mixed. </DL>
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<B>Shang, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the ruling Chinese dynasty from about 1700 to about 1122 B.C., known for weapons and other instruments of bronze and for its oracle bones. </DL>
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<B>Shangaan, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a Bantu people in the northern Transvaal in South Africa. </DL>
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<B>shanghai, </B>transitive verb, <B>-haied,</B> <B>-haiing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to make unconscious, as by drugs or liquor, and put on a ship to serve as a sailor. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) to bring or get by trickery or force. <BR> <I>Ex. Thirteen bewildered strollers in Foley Square were legally "shanghaied" ... to complete a trial jury (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>Shanghai, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of a long-legged breed of chicken. </DL>
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<B>Shangri-la</B> or <B>Shangri-La, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an idyllic earthly paradise. <BR> <I>Ex. The austere serenity of Shangri-La. Its ... pale pavilions shimmered in repose from which all the fret of existence had ebbed away (James Hilton).</I> </DL>
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<B>shank, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the part of the leg between the knee and the ankle. <DD><B> 2a. </B>the corresponding part in animals. <DD><B> b. </B>a cut of meat from the upper part of the leg of an animal. <DD><B> 3. </B>the whole leg. <BR> <I>Ex. to stir one's shanks.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>any part like a leg, stem, or shaft. The shank of a fishhook is the straight part between the hook and the loop. <DD><B> 5. </B>the body of a printing type. <DD><B> 6. </B>that part of an instrument, tool, or other device, which connects the acting part with the handle. <DD><B> 7a. </B>the narrow part of a shoe, connecting the broad part of the sole with the heel. <DD><B> b. </B>the piece of metal, fiber, or other material, used to shape this part. <DD><B> 8. </B>the eye or loop of a button. <DD><B> 9. </B>the latter end or part of anything. <BR> <I>Ex. the shank of the day.</I> <DD><B> 10. </B>(Music.) a crook. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to strike (a golf ball) with the heel of an iron club. <BR> <I>Ex. He had a quick snatch at the ball, shanked it and took five (London Times).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>shank it,</B> </I>to walk. <BR> <I>Ex. Let him shank it! We're in no hurry to have him home (George Douglas).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>shank off,</B> </I>to rot at the stem. <BR> <I>Ex. Entire beds [of pansies] have been known to shank off during a very hot summer (J. Turner).</I> </DL>
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<B>shankbone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the shinbone of an animal. </DL>
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<B>shanked, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having or furnished with a shank or shanks. <BR> <I>Ex. a shanked button.</I> </DL>
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<B>shank's mare</B> or <B>pony,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) one's own feet; walking. <BR> <I>Ex. Pilgrims had converged from all over India--by train, by cart and by shank's mare (Scientific American).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>ride on shank's mare</B> (or <B>pony</B>), </I>(Informal.) to go on foot; walk. <BR> <I>Ex. I'd rather ... ride on shank's mare (S. Bishop).</I> </DL>
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<B>shanny, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nies</B> or (collectively) <B>-ny.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the smooth blenny of Europe </DL>
<A NAME="shant">
<B>shan't,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> shall not. </DL>
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<B>shantey, </B>noun, pl. <B>-eys.</B> =chantey.</DL>
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<B>shantih</B> or <B>shanti, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Hinduism.) peace. </DL>
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<B>shantung</B> or <B>Shantung, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a rayon or cotton fabric similar to pongee and having a rough, uneven surface. <DD><B> 2. </B>a heavy pongee, a kind of soft silk. </DL>
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<B>shanty</B> (1), noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a roughly built hut or cabin; shack. <BR> <I>Ex. Her childhood was spent in a succession of Florida and Georgia cracker shanties, in dreary sawmill towns (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>shanty</B> (2), noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B> =chantey.</DL>
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<B>shanty boat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a rude houseboat used especially on the Mississippi River and in logging areas. </DL>
<B>shantytown, </B>noun, or <B>shanty town,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a poor, run-down section of a city or a town. <BR> <I>Ex. Rural workers flock to oilfields and cities, only to sit idle in shantytowns (Time).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a settlement of makeshift shacks, tents, or other living quarters, usually near a new military installation or factory. <BR> <I>Ex. Shantytowns spring up overnight on the outskirts of Lima and other cities (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
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<B>shapable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be shaped. </DL>
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<B>shape, </B>noun, verb, <B>shaped,</B> <B>shaping.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the outward contour or outline; form; figure. <BR> <I>Ex. An apple is different in shape from a banana. All circles have the same shape; rectangles have different shapes. A white shape stood at his bedside.</I> (SYN) cast, build. <DD><B> 2. </B>an assumed appearance; guise; disguise. <BR> <I>Ex. A witch was supposed to take the shape of a cat or bat.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>condition. <BR> <I>Ex. The athlete exercised to keep himself in good shape.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a definite form; proper arrangement; order. <BR> <I>Ex. Take time to get your thoughts into shape. He collected his cut of the surplus value in the shape of the rent which was paid him (Edmund Wilson).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a kind; sort. <BR> <I>Ex. dangers of every shape.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>a mold or pattern for giving shape to something. <DD><B> 7. </B>something shaped, such as jelly or pudding in a mold or metal. <BR> <I>Ex. But the English firmly entrenched behind impenetrable ramparts of ... cold shape and suet pudding, have gone right on boiling their Brussels sprouts (Time).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to form; make into a form; mold. <BR> <I>Ex. The child shapes clay into balls.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to adapt in form. <BR> <I>Ex. That hat is shaped to her head.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to give definite form or character to. <BR> <I>Ex. events that shape people's lives.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to plan; devise; direct; aim. <BR> <I>Ex. to shape one's course in life.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to express in words. <BR> <I>Ex. to shape a question or a reply. She had a way of idiomatically shaping a musical phrase that cannot be taught (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>to mold; pattern. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Obsolete.) to appoint; decree; determine. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to take shape; assume form; develop. <BR> <I>Ex. Clay shapes easily. Our plan is shaping well.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to turn out; happen. <BR><I>expr. <B>in shape,</B> </I>(Informal.) in good condition or health. <BR> <I>Ex. All he needs is a week's rest and he'll be back in shape.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>lick into shape,</B> </I>(Informal.) to make presentable or usable. <BR> <I>Ex. to lick a story into shape. They ... promised their cooperation in licking it into shape (London Times).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>shape up,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to take on a certain form or appearance; develop. </I> <I>Ex. The plans for the new building are shaping up nicely.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to show a certain tendency. <BR> <I>Ex. What had shaped up as a Democratic cat-and-dog fight became ... a "high-level" debate (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> c. </B>to get into shape; ready oneself. <BR> <I>Ex. Gina Hawthorn, fourth in the 1968 Olympic slalom, [is] shaping up for one more attempt on a British medal (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> <DD><B> d. </B>(U.S. Informal.) to fall into line; behave properly; conform. <BR> <I>Ex. The apparent presidential-vice-presidential view [is] that the economy can be saved ... or civil peace restored if only Harriet Van Horne [a daily columnist] will shape up (Washington Post).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>take shape,</B> </I>to have or take on a definite form. <BR> <I>Ex. The general outline of the novel began to take shape.</I> </DL>
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<B>SHAPE, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe. </DL>
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<B>shaped, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> formed by shaping; made into a particular shape. <BR> <I>Ex. a shaped mirror, a shaped wooden bowl.</I> </DL>
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<B>-shaped,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) having a ______ shape or shapes. <BR> <I>Ex. Cone-shaped = having a cone shape. Many-shaped = having many shapes.</I> </DL>
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<B>shaped charge,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cone-shaped explosive charge used especially in armor-piercing shells, such as those of a bazooka. </DL>
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<B>shapeless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>without definite shape. <BR> <I>Ex. He wore a shapeless old hat.</I> (SYN) formless. <DD><B> 2. </B>having a shape which is not attractive; not shapely. <BR> <I>Ex. a fat, shapeless figure.</I> (SYN) unshapely. adv. <B>shapelessly.</B> noun <B>shapelessness.</B> </DL>
<B>shapely, </B>adjective, <B>-lier,</B> <B>-liest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> having a pleasing shape; well-formed. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a delicate shapely little hand (W. H. Hudson).</I> </DL>
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<B>shapen, </B>adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>having a certain shape. <BR> <I>Ex. She was a good-looking woman ... , well shapen (George Eliot).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=shaped.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. a shapen oar.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to shape; give a shape to. <BR> <I>Ex. The creature has ... shapened itself into the form of a cottage loaf (Westminster Gazette).</I> </DL>
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<B>shaper, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who makes, forms, or shapes. <DD><B> 2. </B>(in metalwork) a combined lathe and planer, which can be used, with attachments, for doing a great variety of work. <DD><B> 3. </B>a stamp or press for cutting and molding sheet metal or certain plastics. <DD><B> 4. </B>(in woodworking) a planer, such as for cutting moldings or panels which have irregular forms. </DL>
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<B>shape-up, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a system of hiring longshoremen whereby the men line up each workday to be selected for work by the foreman. </DL>
