Sheaf vs. Shock

Sheafnoun

A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.

Sheafnoun

Any collection of things bound together.

Sheafnoun

A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.

Sheafnoun

A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.

Sheafnoun

(mechanical) A sheave.

Sheafnoun

(mathematics) An abstract construct in topology that associates data to the open sets of a topological space, together with well-defined restrictions from larger to smaller open sets, subject to the condition that compatible data on overlapping open sets corresponds, via the restrictions, to a unique datum on the union of the open sets.

Sheafverb

(transitive) To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves

Sheafverb

(intransitive) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.

Sheafnoun

A sheave.

Sheafnoun

A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.

Sheafnoun

Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, - usually twenty-four.

Sheafverb

To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.

Sheafverb

To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.

Sheafnoun

a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing

Shocknoun

Sudden, heavy impact.

Shocknoun

(figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.

Shocknoun

Electric shock, a sudden burst of electric energy, hitting an animate animal such as a human.

Shocknoun

Circulatory shock, a life-threatening medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.

Shocknoun

A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance

Shocknoun

(mathematics) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.

Shocknoun

An arrangement of sheaves for drying, a stook.

Shocknoun

A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.

Shocknoun

(by extension) A tuft or bunch of something (e.g. hair, grass)

Shocknoun

A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog.

Shockverb

To cause to be emotionally shocked.

Shockverb

To give an electric shock.

Shockverb

To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter.

Shockverb

To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.

Shocknoun

A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook.

Shocknoun

A lot consisting of sixty pieces; - a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.

Shocknoun

A quivering or shaking which is the effect of a blow, collision, or violent impulse; a blow, impact, or collision; a concussion; a sudden violent impulse or onset.

Shocknoun

A sudden agitation of the mind or feelings; a sensation of pleasure or pain caused by something unexpected or overpowering; also, a sudden agitating or overpowering event.

Shocknoun

A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a port of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like.

Shocknoun

The sudden convulsion or contraction of the muscles, with the feeling of a concussion, caused by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a charged body.

Shocknoun

A dog with long hair or shag; - called also shockdog.

Shocknoun

A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair.

Shockverb

To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye.

Shockverb

To be occupied with making shocks.

Shockverb

To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence.

Shockverb

To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates.

Shockverb

To subject to the action of an electrical discharge so as to cause a more or less violent depression or commotion of the nervous system.

Shockverb

To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter.

Shockadjective

Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair.

Shocknoun

the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally;

Shocknoun

the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat;

Shocknoun

a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body;

Shocknoun

(pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor;

Shocknoun

an instance of agitation of the earth's crust;

Shocknoun

an unpleasant or disappointing surprise;

Shocknoun

a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field;

Shocknoun

a bushy thick mass (especially hair);

Shocknoun

a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses;

Shockverb

surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off;

Shockverb

strike with disgust or revulsion;

Shockverb

strike with horror or terror;

Shockverb

collide violently

Shockverb

collect or gather into shocks;

Shockverb

subject to electrical shocks

Shockverb

inflict a trauma upon