Glossary · Adjectives · S
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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Sheeplikeadjectivelike or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timiditycandidate
Shield-Shapedadjective(of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example)candidate
Shortadjectivenot holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in pricescandidate
Short-Wingedadjective(especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wingscandidate
Shortenedadjectiveshortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into anothercandidate