Emily Dickinson Lexicon

shout (-ed, -s), v. [see shout, n.]

1. To utter a sudden and loud outcry.
2. To jump up.

shove, v. [OE scúfan.]

To push or thrust.

show (-'s, -s), n. [see show, v.] (webplay: audience, displayed, phantom, view).

1. Carnival; spectacle; elaborate exhibition, often in a portable building with a charge for admission.
2. Ostentatious display.
3. Public display or appearance.
4. Presenting to view.

show (-ed, -eth, -ing, -n, -s, shewn, shown), v. [OE sceawian, to look, to see.] (webplay: disclose, displayed, know, led the eye, offered, offering, proof, prove, reveal, see, teach, view).

1. Demonstrate; prove; make evident or clear.
2. Exhibit; display; present to view.
3. Appear; cause to appear.
4. Enable another to see or perceive an object by pointing it out or guiding him to it; [fig.] to explain; enable to see a concept mentally.
5. [Fig.] bear in order to prove or exhibit faithfulness.
6. Lead; escort.
7. Render; represent.

shower (-s), n. [OE scúr, fit of illness, storm.] (webplay: rain).

Downpour from above.

showing, n. [see show, v.]

Manifestation; symbol; token.

showman, n. [see show, v. + man, n.] (webplay: displayed).

Magician; one who exhibits a show.

showy, adj. [see show, v.]

Striking; conspicuous; impressive; visible; obvious; eye-catching; [fig.] colorful; vivid.

shred (-s), n. [OE 'hair-cutting, clipping of coin, cut-off piece, width of linen'.]

Cuttings, remains, things left over.

shrewd (-er), adj. [ME, prob.< shrew, 'crabbed, dogged, wicked, cursed'.]

Vexing, troublesome, mischievous.