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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
shet (third-person singular simple present shets, present participle shetting, simple past shetted, past participle shetted or shet)
- Pronunciation spelling of shut.
Etymology 2
Noun
shet (plural shets)
- (archaic) shed
- (archaic) sheet
Anagrams
Komo
Noun
shet
- common eland (Taurotragus oryx)
Lashi
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-r-gjat ~ b-g-rjat. Cognates include Chinese 八 (bā) and Tibetan བརྒྱད (brgyad).
Pronunciation
Numeral
shet
- eight
References
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Pitcairn-Norfolk
Etymology
From English shit.
Noun
shet
- (vulgar) shit; crap
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English scheden, from Old English sċeādan, from Proto-West Germanic *skaiþan.
Pronunciation
Verb
shet
- thrusted
1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 108:Hea shet his heade in a bushe, an vele aslepe.- He thrust his head in a bush, and fell asleep.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 108