Words about words

Something is sharp if it has a thin edge or point. Knives are usually sharp, as are the thorns on roses. You have to be careful around things that are sharp so that you do not cut and hurt yourself. Broken glass has very sharp edges. The opposite of sharp is blunt.

Shearing is the process of removing the fleece from an animal like a sheep or alpaca. When the animal's wool gets too long, it needs to be removed by shearing it. Most wild animals that grow wool shed their fleeces themselves once a year, but domestic animals don't and need to be shorn.

You shelve something when you store it away on a shelf. The man in the picture has a stack of books he is going to shelve.

Something shines when a bright light comes from it.

Something can shine from a reflection or it may be the source of the light, like the sun in the picture.

Something is shoddy if someone has done a bad job building or making it.

lan Shook is the past tense of shake. For example, "they shook hands".

An animal or a person is shorn if they had all their hair, fur or wool removed. A person whose job is to shear animals is called a shearer.

Something has been shot, if it was damaged by someone shooting at it. The glass in the picture has been shot, and has a bullet hole in it.
Shot is the past tense of shoot.

Something is shredded if it has been cut into small pieces. Usually the pieces are strips that are longer than they are wide. People shred vegetables to make salads, and they shred paper so that noone can read what was written on it.
The person who took the picture does not have a very good shredder, as some of his paper shreddings are very readable.

A shrug is an action where you raise your shoulders up. Shrugging is a way of saying "I don't know".