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myopia: (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred improvidence: a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
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an attempt to score in a game stroke: (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot require good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot" shooting: the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate" a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion" injection: the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe; "the nurse gave him a flu shot" a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear" snapshot: an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends" scene: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film informal words for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting" an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" a blow hard enough to cause injury; "he is still recovering from a shot to his leg"; "I caught him with a solid shot to the chin" nip: a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey" sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put; "he trained at putting the shot" a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot); "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter" blastoff: the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination an explosive charge used in blasting guess: an estimate based on little or no information changeable: varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent"
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any process serving to define the shape of something formation: the fabrication of something in a particular shape formative: forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience"
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| sheet |
any broad thin expanse or surface; "a sheet of ice" used for writing or printing bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs plane: (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane" tabloid: newspaper with half-size pages a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon" cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; "sheet the body" sail: a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
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| shadow |
shade within clear boundaries darkness: an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness" apparition: something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight" a premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his happiness" trace: an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension" refuge from danger or observation; "he felt secure in his father's shadow" follow, usually without the person's knowledge; "The police are shadowing her" a dominating and pervasive presence; "he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father" tail: a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements cast a shadow over make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarves that of last year" an inseparable companion; "the poor child was his mother's shadow"
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