shend

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
“
And all the foule which in his flood did dwell Gan flock about these twaine, that did excell 120 The rest so far as Cynthia doth shend** The lesser stars.

View all »
Definitions (9)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (8)

  1. To put to shame; bring reproach, disgrace, or ignominy upon; disgrace. We be all shent, For so fals a company in englond was nevar. Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 10. Debatefull strife, and cruell enmity, The famous name of knighthood fowly shend. Spenser, F. Q., II. vi. 35.
  2. To blame; reprove; reproach; scold; revile. Though that I for my prymer shal be shent, And shal be beten thryes in an houre, I wol it conne, our lady for to honoure. Chaucer, Prioress's Tale, l. 89. For silence kepynge thou shalt not be shent, Where as thy speache May cause thee repent. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 344. Alas, sir, be patient. What say you, sir? I am shent for speaking to you. Shak., T. N., iv. 2. 112.
  3. To injure; harm; spoil; punish. Herowde the kyng has malise ment, And shappis with shame yow for to shende, And for that ʒe non harmes shulde bente, Be othir waies God will ye wende. York Plays, p. 137. Hasty processe will shende it euery dele, A vise yow wele and do be good councell. Generydes (E. E. T. S.), l. 1657.
5 more from this dictionary »

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (17)

More examples »
 

Tags

shend hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 10 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (1)

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. from Middle English shenden, schenden, scenden, from Anglo-Saxon scendan, bring to shame, disgrace. harm, ruin, = Old Saxon scendan = OFries. schanda = Middle Dutch, Dutch schenden = Middle Low German schenden = Old High German scentan, Middle High German schenden, German schänden = Swedish skända = Danish skjænde, bring to shame, disgrace; from the noun: Anglo-Saxon scand, sceand, scond, sceond = Old High German scanta, Middle High German G. schande, etc., = Goth, skanda, shame, disgrace, ruin: see shand.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

If you'd like to prod us on getting a pronunciation for this word, sign in (or sign up) and let us know.

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

We are still working on calculating this word's frequency.

Recently looked up

effaces · Inexorable · consciousness · leisureliness · colonic

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

embodies · silence · spell it rite · britney · bunda