sho p floo r also shop-floor , shopfloor N‑SING [oft N n] The shop floor is used to refer to all the ordinary workers in a factory or the area where they work, especially in contrast to the people who are in charge. [BRIT ] □ Cost must be controlled, not just on the shop floor but in the boardroom too.
sho p front (shop fronts ) also shopfront N‑COUNT A shop front is the outside part of a shop which faces the street, including the door and windows. [BRIT ] in AM, use storefront
shop|keeper /ʃɒ pkiːpə r / (shopkeepers ) N‑COUNT A shopkeeper is a person who owns or manages a small shop. [BRIT ] in AM, use storekeeper , merchant
shop|lift /ʃɒ pl I ft/ (shoplifts , shoplifting , shoplifted ) VERB If someone shoplifts , they steal goods from a shop by hiding them in a bag or in their clothes. □ [V ] He openly shoplifted from a supermarket. □ [V n] They had shoplifted thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise. ● shop|lifter (shoplifters ) N‑COUNT □ …a shoplifter in court for stealing a bottle of perfume.
shop|lifting /ʃɒ pl I ft I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT Shoplifting is stealing from a shop by hiding things in a bag or in your clothes. □ The grocer accused her of shoplifting and demanded to look in her bag.
shop|ping ◆◇◇ /ʃɒ p I ŋ/
1 N‑UNCOUNT When you do the shopping , you go to shops and buy things. □ I'll do the shopping this afternoon.
2 → see also window shopping
3 N‑UNCOUNT Your shopping is the things that you have bought from shops, especially food. □ We put the shopping away.
sho p|ping cart (shopping carts ) N‑COUNT A shopping cart is the same as a shopping trolley . [AM ]
sho p|ping cen|tre (shopping centres ) in AM, use shopping center N‑COUNT A shopping centre is a specially built area containing a lot of different shops. □ The new shopping centre was constructed at a cost of 1.1 million.
sho p|ping chan|nel (shopping channels ) N‑COUNT A shopping channel is a television channel that broadcasts programmes showing products that you can phone the channel and buy.
sho p|ping list (shopping lists ) N‑COUNT A shopping list is a list of the things that you want to buy when you go shopping, which you write on a piece of paper.
sho p|ping mall (shopping malls ) N‑COUNT A shopping mall is a specially built covered area containing shops and restaurants which people can walk between, and where cars are not allowed.
sho p|ping trol|ley (shopping trolleys ) N‑COUNT A shopping trolley is a large metal basket on wheels which is provided by shops such as supermarkets for customers to use while they are in the shop. [BRIT ] in AM, use shopping cart
sho p ste w|ard (shop stewards ) N‑COUNT A shop steward is a trade union member who is elected by the other members in a factory or office to speak for them at official meetings. [BRIT ]
shore ◆◇◇ /ʃɔː r / (shores , shoring , shored ) N‑COUNT The shores or the shore of a sea, lake, or wide river is the land along the edge of it. Someone who is on shore is on the land rather than on a ship. □ They walked down to the shore. □ [+ of ] …elephants living on the shores of Lake Kariba. □ I have spent less time on shore than most men.
▸ shore up PHRASAL VERB If you shore up something that is weak or about to fail, you do something in order to strengthen it or support it. □ [V P n] The democracies of the West may find it hard to shore up their defences. [Also V n P ]
shore|line /ʃɔː r la I n/ (shorelines ) N‑COUNT A shoreline is the edge of a sea, lake, or wide river.
shorn /ʃɔː r n/
1 ADJ If grass or hair is shorn , it has been cut very short. [LITERARY ] □ …his shorn hair.
2 ADJ If a person or thing is shorn of something that was an important part of them, it has been removed from them. [LITERARY ] □ [+ of ] She looks terrible, shorn of all her beauty and dignity.
3 Shorn is the past participle of shear .
short
➊ ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB USES
➋ NOUN USES
➊ short ◆◆◆ /ʃɔː r t/ (shorter , shortest )
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1 ADJ If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does not last very long. □ The announcement was made a short time ago. □ How could you do it in such a short period of time? □ Kemp gave a short laugh. □ We had a short meeting.
2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you talk about a short hour, day, or year, you mean that it seems to have passed very quickly or will seem to pass very quickly. □ For a few short weeks there was peace.
3 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A short speech, letter, or book does not have many words or pages in it. □ …short extracts from the Bible.
4 ADJ Someone who is short is not as tall as most people are. □ I'm tall and thin and he's short and fat. □ …a short, elderly woman with grey hair.
5 ADJ Something that is short measures only a small amount from one end to the other. □ The city centre and shops are only a short distance away. □ His black hair was very short.
6 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If you are short of something or if it is short , you do not have enough of it. If you are running short of something or if it is running short , you do not have much of it left. □ [+ of ] Her father's illness left the family short of money. □ Supplies of everything are unreliable; food is short.