English Explanatory Dictionary

shend

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To disgrace or put to shame.
  2. To blame.
  3. To destroy; to spoil.
  4. To overpower; to surpass.

Pronunciation

/ʃɛnd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shend.wav

Word forms

shend shends shending shent

Etymology

From Middle English shenden, from Old English sċendan (“to put to shame, blame, disgrace”), from Proto-West Germanic *skandijan (“to scold, berate”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kem- (“to cover”). Cognate with Dutch schenden (“to infringe, profane, defile”), German schänden (“defile”). Related to Old English sċand (“infamy, shame, scandal”). More at shand, shame.

Derived words

shendship toshend
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