Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shood
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

The husk of oats after it has been threshed.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

A feed mixture for horses consisting of chopped hay and beans.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

Pronunciation spelling of should.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle Low German schôde, from Old Saxon *skōda, from Proto-West Germanic *skaudā, from Proto-Germanic *skaudō (“sheath, husk”), from Proto-Indo-European *skewdʰ- (“to cover, surround, enwrap”). Cognate with Middle Dutch schode (“pod, shell, husk”), German Schote (“pod, hull”), Icelandic skauð (“a horse's sheath”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: schôde, *skōda, *skaudā, *skaudō, *skewdʰ-

Usage

Inflected Forms

shoods (plural) shoods (present, singular) shooding (participle, present) shooded (participle, past) shooded (past)

Questions

What does shood mean?
The husk of oats after it has been threshed.
Where does shood come from?
It is traced to Proto-West Germanic.

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