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introvertish: somewhat introverted invalid: someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury homebound: confined usually by illness
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| shoulder |
the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm lift onto one's shoulders a cut of beef from the shoulder of the animal push with the shoulders; "He shouldered his way into the crowd" a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road carry a burden, either real or metaphoric; "shoulder the burden"
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| shelf |
a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects ledge: a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
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| shell |
ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals carapace: hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts blast: use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day" the exterior covering of a bird's egg fall out of the pod or husk; "The corn shelled" a rigid covering that envelops an object; "the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice" hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning" a very light narrow racing boat look for and collect shells by the seashore the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" beat: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" plate: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels" the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc husk: remove the husks from; "husk corn"
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| shadowing |
following surreptitiously; keeping under surveillance; "always on guard against shadowing submarines" the act of following someone secretly
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