Russian–English dictionary

шёлковый

Synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly · shyolkovyy

шелла́к

A processed secretion of the lac insect, Coccus lacca; used in polishes, varnishes etc. · shellak

шело́м

(headwear) A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour. · shelom

шелуди́вый

Affected with scabs; full of scabs. · sheludivyy

шелуха́

The outer covering of a fruit or seed. · shelukha

ше́льма

(metaphor) A cunning person. · shelma

шельме́ц

Sometimes diminutive: a cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker. · shelmets

шельф

A layer or stratum. · shelf

Ше́ннон

A en given name (from the river); first used in the USA in early 20th century, and only recently in Ireland. · Shennon

шепеля́вение

The act or a habit of lisping. · shepelyaveniye

шепеля́вить

(intransitive) To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/, /ð/). This is a speech impediment common among children. · shepelyavit

шепеля́вость

The act or a habit of lisping. · shepelyavost

шёпот

The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially without vibration of the vocal cords. · shyopot

шепта́ло

Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled. · sheptalo

шепта́ть

(transitive) To whisper quietly. · sheptat

шепта́ться

(transitive) To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly. · sheptatsya

шере́нга

A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a grid pattern. · sherenga

шери́ф

A traditional Arab tribal title for one who serves as the protector of the tribe and all tribal assets. · sherif

шерохова́тость

The property of being rough, coarseness. · sherokhovatost

шерохова́тый

Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses. · sherokhovatyy

шерп

(countable) An expert accompanying a high-ranking leader to a summit meeting. · sherp

ше́рпа

A member of a particular Himalayan ethnic group living in Nepal and Tibet, known especially as mountaineers. · sherpa

шерпский

The Southern Tibetan language of these people. · sherpskiy

ше́рри

(uncountable) A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere. · sherri

шерсть

(uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal · sherst

шерстяно́й

Made of wool. · sherstyanoy

шерхе́бель

(countable, carpentry) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface. · sherkhebel

ше́ршень

A large wasp, of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting. · shershen

шест

One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel · shest

ше́ствие

(informal) A march or gathering to make a political protest. · shestviye

шестёрка

The digit or figure 6. · shestyorka

шестерня́

(mechanics) A wheel with a toothed rim, intended to engage with others, or similar equipment, to form a gear. · shesternya

ше́стеро

A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This number of dots: (••••••). · shestero

шестигра́нник

(geometry) A polyhedron with six faces. · shestigrannik

шестипе́нсовик

(Britain, colloquial) A former British coin worth six old pence. · shestipensovik

шестна́дцатый

The ordinal form of the number sixteen. · shestnadtsatyy

шестна́дцать

The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI. · shestnadtsat

шесто́й

The ordinal form of the number six. · shestoy

шесть

The digit or figure 6. · shest

шестьдесят

The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60. · shestdesyat

шеф

A nickname for a man generally. · shef

шеф-по́вар

The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment. · shef-povar

ше́фство

The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship. · shefstvo

Шехераза́да

A en given name. · Shekherazada

Шехереза́да

A en given name. · Shekherezada

ше́я

(cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal. · sheya

шиа́цу

A form of massage, using the thumbs and palms, employed as therapy. · shiatsu

ши́беница

A wooden framework on which persons are executed by hanging. [from 1300s] · shibenitsa

ши́бздик

Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person. · shibzdik

Ши́ва

(Hinduism) The god of destruction and transformation, and together with Brahma and Vishnu, one of the principal deities in Hinduism. Within Shaivism he is viewed as the Supreme deity, whereas in other branches of Hinduism such as the Smarta tradition he is worshipped as one of the six manifestations of the Divine. · Shiva

шигеллёз

(medicine) A form of dysentery caused by intestinal infection with Shigella bacteria · shigellyoz

ши́зик

(slang) A crazy person. · shizik

шизо́ид

(psychiatry) Someone with schizoid personality disorder. · shizoid

шизо́идный

Characterized by social withdrawal and emotional coldness or flattened affectivity. · shizoidnyy

шизофре́ник

(of a person) Afflicted with schizophrenia; having difficulty with perception of reality. · shizofrenik

шизофрени́ческий

Of or relating to schizophrenia. · shizofrenicheskiy

шизофрени́чка

A person suffering from schizophrenia. · shizofrenichka

шизофрени́я

(now, deprecated) A condition in which a person is supposed to have several distinct personalities; dissociative identity disorder. [from 20th c.] · shizofreniya

шии́зм

(with article, collective) The followers of this branch of Islam; the Shiites. · shiizm

шик

(chiefly, uncountable) Good form; style. · shik

ши́канье

A derisive shout made to indicate disapproval. · shikanye

шика́рный

Elegant, stylish. · shikarnyy

ши́кать

(intransitive) To shout extended boos derisively. · shikat

Ши́ллер

A surname from German. · Shiller

ши́ллинг

The old currency of Austria, divided into 100 groschen. · shilling

ши́ло

A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc. · shilo

ши́льдик

A flat object of uniform thickness. · shildik

Ши́мла

A city and district, the state capital of Himachal Pradesh, India. · Shimla

Шимо́н

A surname originating as a patronymic. · Shimon

шимпанзе́

(broadly) A member of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which was formerly known as the pygmy chimpanzee. · shimpanze

шин

The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): w:Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia · shin

ши́на

An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components. · shina

ши́ндель

A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building. · shindel

шине́ль

A heavy overcoat. · shinel

шинка́рь

(chiefly, UK, Irish) The landlord (manager or owner) of a public house. · shinkar

шиньо́н

A roll of hair worn at the back of the head. · shinon

шип

The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else. · ship

шипение

A spluttering or hissing sound. · shipeniye

шипе́ть

To sputter or hiss. · shipet

шипо́вка

Tires with metal protrusions used for improved traction on snow and ice in winter. · shipovka

шипо́вник

A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers. · shipovnik

шипо́вник волы́нский

A Eurasian rose (Rosa rubiginosa, syn. Rosa eglanteria), having prickly stems, fragrant leaves, pink flowers and red hips. · shipovnik volynskiy

шипперить

(fandom, transitive) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, typically in fan fiction or other fandom contexts. · shipperit

шипучий

(of a liquid) Giving off bubbles; fizzy. · shipuchiy

шипы́

Tires with metal protrusions used for improved traction on snow and ice in winter. · shipy

шипя́щий

(NZ) A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage. · shipyashchiy

шир

(chiefly, historical) An administrative area or district between about the 5th to the 11th century, subdivided into hundreds or wapentakes and jointly governed by an ealdorman and a sheriff; also, a present-day area corresponding to such a historical district; a county; especially (England) , a county having a name ending in -shire. · shir

Шира́з

A variety of black grape used to make wine. · Shiraz

ширина́

A piece of fabric of standard width. · shirina

шири́нка

(often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc. · shirinka

ши́рма

(figuratively) A deceptive or insincere outward appearance. · shirma

ширну́ть

(slang, UK) To give someone an injection. · shirnut

широкий

(figurative) Considerable in amount. · shirokiy

широко́

(dated) At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space. [from 1150–1350] · shiroko

широкополо́сная переда́ча

(Internet) An Internet connection provisioned over an existing service using alternate signal frequencies such as ADSL or a cable modem. · shirokopolosnaya peredacha

широта́

The measure of the size of something, especially its width or breadth; largeness, magnitude. · shirota

ширя́ть

(slang, UK) To give someone an injection. · shiryat

шить

(ambitransitive) To make, repair, or alter clothes. · shit

шитьё

The art or process of working with a needle especially in embroidery or needlepoint. · shityo

ши́фер

(AU) Fibro-cement; a building material consisting of asbestos fibres and cement pressed into sheets. · shifer

ши́ферная плита́

(countable) A roofing-tile made of slate. · shifernaya plita

шифо́н

A lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist) yarns made of silk, polyester, or cotton. · shifon

шифонье́р

(US) A chest of drawers for clothes. · shifonyer

шифр

(cryptography) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords. · shifr

шифрова́ние

(cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords. · shifrovaniye

шифрова́ть

(cryptography) To encode. · shifrovat

шифро́вка

Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher. · shifrovka

ши́фу

A master or teacher in the context of martial arts, especially kung fu and tai chi. · shifu

Шихираза́да

A en given name. · Shikhirazada

шиш-кеба́б

A form of shish kebab, originally made of marinated lamb meat. · shish-kebab

ши́шка

(informal) A person of some consideration or standing. · shishka

шкала́

An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude. · shkala

шкала́ вре́мени

A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future). · shkala vremeni

шкату́лка

A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid. · shkatulka

шкаф

A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall. · shkaf

шкафу́т

A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck. · shkafut

шквал

(by extension) An overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism. · shkval

шква́рки

Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated. · shkvarki

шкварча́ние

(countable) The sound of water boiling on a hot surface. · shkvarchaniye

шкварча́ть

(intransitive) To make the sound of water boiling on a hot surface. · shkvarchat

шкво́рень

(informal) The most important person in a usually evil undertaking or organization, often a druglord. · shkvoren

шкив

(engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance). · shkiv

шки́пер

(nautical) The master of a ship. · shkiper

шки́рка

(rare) The back of the neck, nape; also scruff of the neck. · shkirka

шко́да

Activity that is mischievous, stupid, or time-wasting. [from mid 19th c.] · shkoda

шкодли́вый

Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child). [from 17th c.] · shkodlivyy

шко́ла

A school or place of training in which some special art is taught. [First attested in the late 16th century.] · shkola

шко́льник

A boy attending school. · shkolnik

шко́льница

A young person attending school or of an age to attend school. · shkolnitsa

шко́льный двор

(outdoors) A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides). [1780] · shkolnyy dvor

шкот

(primarily, nautical) A support rope or cable used to aid in hoisting or lowering. · shkot

шкря́бать

To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc. · shkryabat

шку́ра

(countable) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin. · shkura

шку́рить

(transitive) To polish or grind (a surface) with or as if with sandpaper. · shkurit

шку́рка

An abrasive material, like sandpaper, made by gluing grains of emery to a paper surface. · shkurka

шлагба́ум

A structure that bars passage. · shlagbaum

шлак

Slag from a metal furnace. · shlak

шлам

Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing. · shlam

шланг

(countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid. · shlang

шлем

A helmet, usually made from rigid plastic, used on construction sites to protect the head from falling objects. · shlem

шлёпанец

(footwear) A sandal that is backless and open-toed. · shlyopanets

шлёпание

An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap. · shlyopaniye

шлёпанцы

(footwear) A sandal that is backless and open-toed. · shlyopantsy

шлёпать

(transitive) To give a slap to. · shlyopat

шлёпнуть

(transitive) To give a slap to. · shlyopnut

шлепо́к

(countable) A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat. · shlepok

шлифова́льная бума́га

(uncountable) Strong paper coated with (traditionally) sand or (today) manufactured aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or other abrasive material, used for smoothing and polishing. · shlifovalnaya bumaga

шлифова́ть

To remove paint or light scratches from the surface by friction, wearing it out by polishing or blasting with sand or by employing some similar method. · shlifovat

шлифу́ющий

Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface. [First attested in 1805.] · shlifuyushchiy

шлюз

A sealed, airtight chamber, such as in a manned spacecraft or submarine, used to provide access to and from the sealed area without allowing air out or water in. · shlyuz