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sho p floo r also shop-floor , shopfloor N‑SING [oft N n] The shop floor is used to refer to all the ordinary workers in a factory or the area where they work, especially in contrast to the people who are in charge. [BRIT ] □  Cost must be controlled, not just on the shop floor but in the boardroom too.

sho p front (shop fronts ) also shopfront N‑COUNT A shop front is the outside part of a shop which faces the street, including the door and windows. [BRIT ] in AM, use storefront

shop|keeper /ʃɒ pkiːpə ^r / (shopkeepers ) N‑COUNT A shopkeeper is a person who owns or manages a small shop. [BRIT ] in AM, use storekeeper , merchant

shop|lift /ʃɒ pl I ft/ (shoplifts , shoplifting , shoplifted ) VERB If someone shoplifts , they steal goods from a shop by hiding them in a bag or in their clothes. □ [V ] He openly shoplifted from a supermarket. □ [V n] They had shoplifted thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise. ●  shop|lifter (shoplifters ) N‑COUNT □  …a shoplifter in court for stealing a bottle of perfume.

shop|lifting /ʃɒ pl I ft I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT Shoplifting is stealing from a shop by hiding things in a bag or in your clothes. □  The grocer accused her of shoplifting and demanded to look in her bag.

shop|ping ◆◇◇ /ʃɒ p I ŋ/

1 N‑UNCOUNT When you do the shopping , you go to shops and buy things. □  I'll do the shopping this afternoon.

2 → see also window shopping

3 N‑UNCOUNT Your shopping is the things that you have bought from shops, especially food. □  We put the shopping away.

sho p|ping cart (shopping carts ) N‑COUNT A shopping cart is the same as a shopping trolley . [AM ]

sho p|ping cen|tre (shopping centres ) in AM, use shopping center N‑COUNT A shopping centre is a specially built area containing a lot of different shops. □  The new shopping centre was constructed at a cost of 1.1 million.

sho p|ping chan|nel (shopping channels ) N‑COUNT A shopping channel is a television channel that broadcasts programmes showing products that you can phone the channel and buy.

sho p|ping list (shopping lists ) N‑COUNT A shopping list is a list of the things that you want to buy when you go shopping, which you write on a piece of paper.

sho p|ping mall (shopping malls ) N‑COUNT A shopping mall is a specially built covered area containing shops and restaurants which people can walk between, and where cars are not allowed.

sho p|ping trol|ley (shopping trolleys ) N‑COUNT A shopping trolley is a large metal basket on wheels which is provided by shops such as supermarkets for customers to use while they are in the shop. [BRIT ] in AM, use shopping cart

sho p ste w|ard (shop stewards ) N‑COUNT A shop steward is a trade union member who is elected by the other members in a factory or office to speak for them at official meetings. [BRIT ]

shore ◆◇◇ /ʃɔː ^r / (shores , shoring , shored ) N‑COUNT The shores or the shore of a sea, lake, or wide river is the land along the edge of it. Someone who is on shore is on the land rather than on a ship. □  They walked down to the shore. □ [+ of ] …elephants living on the shores of Lake Kariba. □  I have spent less time on shore than most men.

▸  shore up PHRASAL VERB If you shore up something that is weak or about to fail, you do something in order to strengthen it or support it. □ [V P n] The democracies of the West may find it hard to shore up their defences. [Also V n P ]

shore|line /ʃɔː ^r la I n/ (shorelines ) N‑COUNT A shoreline is the edge of a sea, lake, or wide river.

shorn /ʃɔː ^r n/

1 ADJ If grass or hair is shorn , it has been cut very short. [LITERARY ] □  …his shorn hair.