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    SHIM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: shimmed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, shimming  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevicesplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("shim" is a kind of...):

    wedge (something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them)

     II. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb shim

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