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sea in ships.
--v. 2 send, move, ferry, transport, deliver, carry, dispatch
or despatch, freight, haul, truck, cart: You need a specialized
company that ships computers and other delicate equipment. 3
ship out. leave, depart, embark, set sail, take off, get out,
quit, Slang scram: You'll ship out if you know what's good for
you.
shipshape adj. neat, trim, spotless, orderly, Bristol fashion, spick and
span, tidy: Pick up your clothes and make this room shipshape
at once!
shirk v. avoid, evade, shun, dodge, get out of, shrink from, Colloq
duck (out of), Brit skive, Military Brit scrimshank, US gold
brick: Stop shirking your responsibilities and get to work! Is
Callum shirking again?
shiver° v. 1 shake, quake, tremble, shudder, quiver: We sat in our wet
clothes, shivering in the cold. The old shack shivered in the
wind. 2 vibrate, luff, flap, flutter, chatter, rattle, shake,
wallop: The sails shivered violently in the stiff breeze.
--n. 3 shake, quake, tremble, shudder, quiver, thrill, frisson,
trembling, tremor, flutter: She gave a little shiver and then
snuggled into my arms. 4 the shivers. trembling, shivering,
goose-pimples or goose bumps, Colloq the shakes, US the chills:
He's had malaria and occasionally gets the shivers. Those horror
films give me the shivers.
shiverý v. shatter, fragment, splinter, disintegrate, rupture, explode,
implode, smash (to smithereens), crash: The light-bulb fell and
shivered into a million fragments.
shock v. 1 startle, surprise, stagger, jar, jolt, shake (up), stun,
numb, paralyse, daze, stupefy, dumbfound or dumfound, bowl over,
appal, astonish, astound, frighten, scare, petrify, traumatize,
horrify, outrage, disgust, nauseate, repel, revolt, sicken,
upset, disquiet, disturb, perturb, discompose, unsettle, Colloq
throw, US throw for a loop, flabbergast, give (someone) a turn:
He shocked us when he announced his resignation. We were shocked
to learn of the train wreck.