Complete Definition of "shend"

English

Etymology
Old English scendan.

Pronunciation
IPA|/��nd/

Verb
en-verb|shends|shending|shent

  1. obsolete to disgrace or put to shame
  2. archaic to blame
  3. archaic to destroy, to spoil

#:*Late C14: �ou seyest, ri�t as womes shende a tree, / Ri�t so a wyf destroyeþ hire housbounde � Geoffrey Chaucer, �The Wife of Bath's Tale�, Canterbury Tales

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