Crossword-Solution: SHIM
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Shim | n. | A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds. |
| Shim | n. | A thin piece of metal placed between two parts to make a fit. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SHIM | anagram | HIMS, ISHM, MISH |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EATRE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SHIM (5)
Commonwealth hackish term for the padding bytes or {shim}s many compilers insert between members of a record or structure to cope with alignment requirements imposed by the machine architecture.
The first Hбshim got his name from crumbling bread into the Sarнd or brewis of the Meccan pilgrims during "The Ignorance." He was buried at Ghazzah (Gaza) but his tomb was soon forgotten.
Now when Al-Rashid heard this, he was chagrined with sore chagrin and waxed wroth with exceeding wrath and cried, "Shall this thing happen in a city wherein I am?" And the Háshimí vein [FN#338] started out between his eyes.
And fear ye Allah, for Allah is sure in punishing." [FN#60] The House of Háshim, great-grandfather to the Prophet.
The efforts of the Prophet were chiefly confined to the conversions of the members of his own noble clan, the Bani Hàshim, who, though unbelievers in his mission, had resolved to defend his person, and were with him in their confinement.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 234 times in crossword archives (1942–2024).