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- [shad]
- /ʃæd/
- /ʃæd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shad]
- /ʃæd/
Definitions of shad word
- noun plural shad a deep-bodied herring, Alosa sapidissima, of Europe and North America, that migrates up streams to spawn, used for food. 1
- noun plural shad any other fish of the genus Alosa or related genera. 1
- noun plural shad any of several unrelated fishes. 1
- noun shad type of north American fish 1
- noun shad any of various herring-like food fishes of the genus Alosa and related genera, such as A. alosa (allis shad) of Europe, that migrate from the sea to freshwater to spawn: family Clupeidae (herrings) 0
- noun shad any of various similar but unrelated fishes 0
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Origin of shad
First appearance:
before 1050 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1050; Old English sceadd (not recorded in ME)
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Parts of speech for Shad
noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shad popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
shad usage trend in Literature
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