SHARES
Proper noun
Shares
plural of Share
Anagrams
• Shears, ashers, harses, her ass, rashes, sehras, shears
Noun
shares
plural of share
Verb
shares
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of share
Anagrams
• Shears, ashers, harses, her ass, rashes, sehras, shears
Source: Wiktionary
SHARE
Share, n. Etym: [OE. schar, AS. scear; akin to OHG. scaro, G. schar,
pflugshar, and E. shear, v. See Shear.]
1. The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the
ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.
2. The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in
a machine for sowing seed. Knight.
Share, n. Etym: [OE. share, AS. scearu, scaru, fr. sceran to shear,
cut. See Shear, v.]
1. A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small
share of prudence.
2. Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property
or interest owned by a number; a portion among others; an apportioned
lot; an allotment; a dividend. "My share of fame." Dryden.
3. Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any
property or invested capital is divided; as, a ship owned in ten
shares.
4. The pubes; the sharebone. [Obs.] Holland. To go shares, to
partake; to be equally concerned.
– Share and share alike, in equal shares.
Share, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shared; p. pr. & vb. n. Sharing.]
1. To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.
Suppose I share my fortune equally between my children and a
stranger. Swift.
2. To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion
of; to take and possess in common; as, to share a shelter with
another.
While avarice and rapine share the land. Milton.
3. To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide. [Obs.]
The shared visage hangs on equal sides. Dryden.
Share, v. i.
Definition: To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or
suffer with others.
A right of inheritance gave every one a title to share in the goods
of his father. Locke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition