6 VERB Someone who shines at a skill or activity does it extremely well. □ [V ] Did you shine at school?
7 → see also shining
8 PHRASE If you say that someone has taken a shine to another person, you mean that he or she liked them very much at their first meeting. [INFORMAL ] □ Seems to me you've taken quite a shine to Miss Richmond.
9 rain or shine → see rain
shin|gle /ʃ I ŋg ə l/ (shingles )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Shingle is a mass of small rough pieces of stone on the shore of a sea or a river. □ …a beach of sand and shingle.
2 N‑UNCOUNT Shingles is a disease in which painful red spots spread in bands over a person's body, especially around their waist.
shin|ing /ʃa I n I ŋ/
1 ADJ A shining achievement or quality is a very good one which should be greatly admired. □ She is a shining example to us all.
2 → see also shine
shi n pa d (shin pads ) or shi n gua rd (shin guards ) N‑COUNT A shin pad is a thick piece of material that you wear inside your socks to protect the lower part of your leg when you are playing a game such as football or rugby.
Shin|to /ʃ I ntoʊ/ N‑UNCOUNT Shinto is the traditional religion of Japan.
shiny /ʃa I ni/ (shinier , shiniest ) ADJ Shiny things are bright and reflect light. □ Her blonde hair was shiny and clean. □ …a shiny new sports car.
ship ◆◆◇ /ʃ I p/ (ships , shipping , shipped )
1 N‑COUNT [oft by N ] A ship is a large boat which carries passengers or cargo. □ Within ninety minutes the ship was ready for departure. □ We went by ship over to America. □ …merchant ships.
2 VERB [usu passive] If people or things are shipped somewhere, they are sent there on a ship or by some other means of transport. □ [be V -ed prep/adv] The siblings were shipped to a local orphanage.
3 → see also shipping
▸ ship out PHRASAL VERB If someone ships out , they leave a place, especially by ship. □ [V P ] Sailors hung about while they waited to ship out.
ship|board /ʃ I pbɔː r d/ ADJ [ADJ n] Shipboard means taking place on a ship. □ …a shipboard romance.
ship|builder /ʃ I pb I ldə r / (shipbuilders ) N‑COUNT A shipbuilder is a company or a person that builds ships.
ship|building /ʃ I pb I ld I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT Shipbuilding is the industry of building ships.
ship|load /ʃ I ploʊd/ (shiploads ) N‑COUNT A shipload of people or goods is as many people or goods as a ship can carry. □ [+ of ] …a shipload of refugees.
ship|mate /ʃ I pme I t/ (shipmates ) N‑COUNT [oft poss N ] Sailors who work together on the same ship are shipmates . □ His shipmates stayed at their stations.
ship|ment /ʃ I pmənt/ (shipments )
1 N‑COUNT [usu N n] A shipment is an amount of a particular kind of cargo that is sent to another country on a ship, train, aeroplane, or other vehicle. □ Food shipments could begin in a matter of weeks. □ [+ of ] …a shipment of weapons.
2 N‑UNCOUNT The shipment of a cargo somewhere is the sending of it there by ship, train, aeroplane, or some other vehicle. □ Bananas are packed before being transported to the docks for shipment overseas.
ship|owner /ʃ I poʊnə r / (shipowners ) N‑COUNT A shipowner is someone who owns a ship or ships or who has shares in a shipping company.
ship|per /ʃ I pə r / (shippers ) N‑COUNT [usu pl] Shippers are people or companies who ship cargo as a business.
ship|ping /ʃ I p I ŋ/
1 N‑UNCOUNT Shipping is the transport of cargo as a business, especially on ships. □ …the international shipping industry. □ The Greeks are still powerful players in world shipping.
2 N‑UNCOUNT You can refer to the amount of money that you pay to a company to transport cargo as shipping . □ It is $39.95 plus $3 shipping.
3 N‑UNCOUNT You can refer to ships as shipping when considering them as a group. □ They sent naval forces to protect merchant shipping.
ship|shape /ʃ I pʃe I p/ ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If something is shipshape , it looks tidy, neat, and in good condition. □ The house only needs an occasional coat of paint to keep it shipshape.
ship|wreck /ʃ I prek/ (shipwrecks , shipwrecked )
1 N‑VAR If there is a shipwreck , a ship is destroyed in an accident at sea. □ He was drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Spain.
2 N‑COUNT A shipwreck is a ship which has been destroyed in an accident at sea.
3 V-PASSIVE If someone is shipwrecked , their ship is destroyed in an accident at sea but they survive and manage to reach land. □ [be V -ed] He was shipwrecked after visiting the island.
ship|wright /ʃ I pra I t/ (shipwrights ) N‑COUNT A shipwright is a person who builds or repairs ships as a job.
ship|yard /ʃ I pjɑː r d/ (shipyards ) N‑COUNT A shipyard is a place where ships are built and repaired.
shire /ʃa I ə r / (shires )
1 N‑COUNT The Shires or the shire counties are the counties of England that have a lot of countryside and farms. □ Smart country people are fleeing back to the shires.