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Definition of 'she'

English

(wikipedia)

Pronoun

  • (personal) A female person or animal.
  • * , II.ix:
  • Goodly she entertaind those noble knights, / And brought them vp into her castle hall [...].
    I asked Mary, but she''' said that '''she didn't know.
  • A ship.
  • She could do forty knots in good weather.
    She''' is a beautiful boat, isn't '''she ?
  • (personal|affectionate) Another machine (besides a ship), such as a car.
  • She''' only gets thirty miles to the gallon on the highway, but '''she' s durable.
  • (personal|nonstandard) .
  • * , Flow , 1990:
  • Optimal experience is thus something that we make'' happen. For a child, it could be placing with trembling fingers the last block on a tower she''' has built, higher than any ' she has built so far; for a swimmer, it could be trying to beat his own record; for a violinist, mastering an intricate musical passage.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A female.
  • Pat is definitely a she .
  • * (rfdate) Shakespeare:
  • And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare / As any she belied with false compare.
  • * 2000 , Sue V. Rosser, Building inclusive science volume 28, issues 1-2, page 189:
  • A world where the hes are so much more common than the shes can hardly be seen as a welcoming place for women.

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