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-v. 5. house, give shelter to, lodge, provide lodging or lodgings or lodgment for, put up, take in, have as a guest or lodger, roof, provide with a roof; quarter, provide quarters for, billet, bed, bunk, berth.
6. guard, safeguard, protect, keep, secure, make safe; defend, champion, help, aid, keep from harm, take under one's wing, Inf. go to bat for, Inf. ride shotgun for, escort; hide, conceal, shield, screen, cover, cloak, Archaic, shroud; harbor, haven.
7. take or seek shelter, take or seek refuge, take or seek sanctuary; find shelter, find refuge, find sanctuary; retire, hole up, seclude oneself, shut oneself up; hide, hide out, conceal oneself, lie hidden, lie perdu, lie snug or close, Inf. lie low; couch, skulk, steal, lurk.
shelve, v. 1. (all on a shelf) arrange, group, space, align, line up, set out, fix; place, put, set.
2. put off or aside, shunt, put on the shelf, lay aside, table, pigeonhole; sleep on, waive, dispense with, put aside for the time. See - shelf (def. 3).
3. dismiss, retire, lay off; fire, put out of a job, let go, give [s.o.] his walking papers, drop, deselect, send packing, Inf. bounce, Inf. sack, Inf give [s.o.] the sack, Inf. send down the road, U.S. Govt. Inf. rif, Sl. can.
shenanigan, n. Usu.
shenanigans Informal, tomfoolery, antics, Sl. monkeyshines, Sl. monkey-business; mischief, prankishness, Inf. hanky-panky, Scot. and North Eng. daffing; prank, antic, caper, escapade, trick, practical joke, roguish trick, Fr. espfeglerie; fooling, foolery, horseplay, skylarking; clowning, clownery, clownishness, zanyism; buffoonery, buffoonism, buffoonishness, harlequinade; joking, jesting, jocosity, jocoseness, jocularity, waggishness, waggery, drollery; levity, frivolity, silliness.
shepherd, n. 1. herder, herdsman, sheepherder.
2. protector, defender, guardian, guard, guarder, guardsman.
3. clergyman, minister, priest, rabbi, parson, servant of God, man of the cloth; confessor, spiritual director, shepherd of souls; preacher, evangelist, missionary, spreader of the Word.
4. the Shepherd Jesus Christ. See - Jesus Christ.
-v. 5. guard, protect, watch over, look after, see after; stand guard over, police, secure, defend; shield, shelter, screen; preserve, save, conserve; escort, conduct, convoy, ride shotgun,
shibboleth, n. 1. badge, trademark, earmark, hallmark, symptom, mark; idiosyncrasy, idiocrasy, affectation, quirk, twist, eccentricity, peculiarity, singularity; characteristic, quality, trait; style, manner, mannerism, way.
2. catchword, catch phrase, buzz word, byword, saying, motto, slogan, battle cry, red flag, trigger word; signal, cue, cue word; watchword, password, formula, pet phrase, clichd; tag, epithet, name,
shield, n. 1. buckler, pavis, pelta, Class. Myth. aegis, Rom. Religion, ancile, piece of armor.
2. protection, defense, guard, safeguard; protector, guardian, guardian angel, watchman, watchdog, sentry, sentinel.
-v. 3. protect, run interference, defend, guard, shelter, screen; hide, conceal, cover, shroud, ensconce, bury, tuck away, keep out of sight,
shift, v. 1. change direction, Naut. tack; move from one person to another, pass; move around, swerve around, get by, get around, outmaneuver.
2. Usu.
shift for manage by oneself, make it on one's own, stand on one's own two feet, paddle one's own canoe, fend for oneself, take care of oneself, go it
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