Antonyms for shag

Grammar : Adj, adv, noun, verb

Spell : shag

Phonetic Transcription : ʃæg

Definition of shag

Origin : 1590s, "cloth having a velvet nap on one side," perhaps from Old English sceacga "rough matted hair or wool," from Proto-Germanic *skagjan (cf. Old Norse skegg, Swedish skägg "beard"), perhaps related to Old High German scahho "promontory," Old Norse skagi "a cape, headland," with a connecting sense of "jutting out, projecting." But the word appears to be missing in Middle English. Of tobacco, "cut in fine shreds," it is recorded from 1789; of carpets, rugs, etc., from 1946.

As in alone : adj separate; apart
As in solitarily : adv alone
As in nap : noun grain of material
As in rug : noun carpet
As in tobacco : noun smoking substance
As in run : verb move fast on foot
As in trail : verb lag behind, follow
As in chase : verb run after, pursue
As in follow : verb trail, pursue physically

Example sentences :

They love Carlo and Shag, and are never afraid when they are with them.
Extract from : « Bird Stories and Dog Stories » by Anonymous

They ordered horses an' a outfit, and Shag Bunce is goin' with 'em.
Extract from : « The Man of the Desert » by Grace Livingston Hill

No pony of his outfit, be he ever so fleet, could get far ahead of Shag Bunce.
Extract from : « The Man of the Desert » by Grace Livingston Hill

She is the keeper's daughter, you know, and often goes out with Shag and me.
Extract from : « Morag » by Janet Milne Rae

She looked up with such kind beautiful eyes when Shag and I passed.
Extract from : « Morag » by Janet Milne Rae

Meanwhile, Morag and Shag were waiting on a shady bit of the road, a few yards off.
Extract from : « Morag » by Janet Milne Rae

The Shag shows more reluctance to leave its nest than the Cormorant does.
Extract from : « British Sea Birds » by Charles Dixon

Shag, of course, did as nearly as he could exactly the same.
Extract from : « Boyhood in Norway » by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

I am not sure that he had not made an example of Shag merely to frighten her.
Extract from : « Boyhood in Norway » by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

She used to have Shag, too—the best dog in all these mountains.
Extract from : « The Voice of the Pack » by Edison Marshall

Synonyms for shag

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