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Shrunk, a. Shrivelled, withered, dwindled, contracted.

Shudder, v. n. Tremble, shake, quake, quiver, shiver.

Shudder, n. Tremor, shuddering, shaking, trembling.

Shuddering, n. Trembling, tremor, horror.

Shuffle, v. a. Confuse, jumble, mix, shift, intermix, throw into disorder.

Shuffle, v. n.

    1. Prevaricate, quibble, equivocate, cavil, dodge, palter, evade, sophisticate.
    2. Struggle, shift, make shift.

Shuffle, n. Trick, quibble, prevarication, cavil, sophism, evasion, artifice, fraud, shuffling, subterfuge, pretence, pretext, ruse.

Shuffle off. Push off, discard, get rid of.

Shuffling, a. Quibbling, prevaricating, evasive, disingenuous.

Shuffling, n. Trick, artifice, duplicity, fraud.

Shun, v. a.

    1. Avoid (in a positive sense or denoting positive exertion), evade, escape, elude, eschew, get clear of, get out of the way of, escape from.
    2. Decline, neglect.

Shunt, v. a. [Eng.] Switch (from one set of rails to another).

Shut, v. a.

    1. Close, close up.
    2. Enclose, confine, imprison, shut up, coop up, lock up, close the door upon.
    3. Prohibit, bar, close.
    4. Preclude, exclude.

Shut in. Enclose, confine.

Shut off. Exclude, intercept.

Shut out. Exclude.