shoad
To seek for a vein or mineral deposit by following a shode, or tracing them to whence…To seek for a vein or mineral deposit by following a shode, or tracing them to whence they derived.
Meaning
2 sensesTo seek for a vein or mineral deposit by following a shode, or tracing them to whence they derived.
To be distributed as shoads.
Origin
From Middle English shode, schode, from Old English ġescēad (“separation, distinction, disFrom Middle English shode, schode, from Old English ġescēad (“separation, distinction, discretion, understanding, argument, reason, reckoning, account, statement, accuracy, art, manner, method”), from Proto-Germanic *skaidą (“separation, distinction”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, divide, separate”). Related to Old English scādan (“to separate, divide, part, make a line of separation between”). More at shed.
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Forms
shoads, shoading, shoaded, shoadedWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle