shend
to put to shame.
to reproach or scold.
to destroy or injure; damage.
Origin of shend
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How to use shend in a sentence
But it is clear that Chaucer here has entente as usual, and rimes it with the form shent-e, which is the pp.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 (of 7) -- Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes | Geoffrey ChaucerNature came after, with many keen sores, as pokkes and pestilences, and much people shent.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles CreightonIt will be to promise to pay me my monish and only fifteen per shent, when you come into your own.
Japhet in Search of a Father | Frederick MarryatHe'll be shent,Pale unrelentor, When he shall hear the wedding lutes a playing.
Endymion | John Keats
British Dictionary definitions for shend
/ (ʃɛnd) /
to put to shame
to chide or reproach
to injure or destroy
Origin of shend
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