A lawyer and a doctor were on an extravagant fishing trip.
The lawyer said, "I am here because my house burned down and everything I owned was burned. The insurance company paid a mint for everything I lost."
"Now that’s quite a coincidence," said the doctor, "I’m here because my house and all my belongings were destroyed by a flood, and my insurance company also paid for everything."
The lawyer looked somewhat confused and said, "Really? How do you start a flood?"
—v. - (cause to) change or move from one position to another.
- remove, esp. With effort.
- slang a hurry. B consume (food or drink).
- us change (gear) in a vehicle. —n. - act of shifting.
- a relay of workers. B time for which they work.
- a device, stratagem, or expedient. B trick or evasion.
- woman's straight unwaisted dress or petticoat.
- physics displacement of a spectral line.
- key on a keyboard used to switch between lower and upper case etc.
- us a gear lever in a vehicle. B mechanism for this. make shift manage; get along somehow. Shift for oneself rely on one's own efforts. Shift one's ground take up a new position in an argument etc. [old english]
SHINE
—v. (-ning; past and past part. Shone or shined) 1 emit or reflect light; be bright; glow.
- (of the sun, a star, etc.) Be visible.
- cause (a lamp etc.) To shine.
- (past and past part. Shined) polish.
- be brilliant; excel. —n. - light; brightness.
- high polish; lustre. take a shine to colloq. Take a fancy to. [old english]
SHINY
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 having a shine.
- (of clothing) with the nap worn off. shininess n.
SHIPS
boat n. Small boat carried on board a ship.
SHIRE
n. County. [old english]
SHIRK
v. (also absol.) Avoid (duty, work, etc.). shirker n. [german schurke scoundrel]
SHIRR
—n. Elasticated gathered threads in a garment etc. Forming smocking. —v. Gather (material) with parallel threads. shirring n. [origin unknown]
SHIRT
n. Upper-body garment of cotton etc., usu. Front-opening. keep one's shirt on colloq. Keep one's temper. Put one's shirt on colloq. Bet all one has on. shirting n. Shirtless adj. [old english]
SHISH
kebab n. Pieces of meat and vegetables grilled on skewers. [turkish: related to *kebab]
SHOAL
—n. Multitude, esp of fish swimming together. —v. (of fish) form shoals. [dutch: cf. *school2]
- —n. - a area of shallow water. B submerged sandbank visible at low water.
- (esp. In pl.) Hidden danger. —v. (of water) get shallower. [old english]
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