(a) To do harm to (sb.), injure; bring (sb.) to ruin, overcome; injure (sb., a part of the body, a faculty or capacity of the body), damage, afflict; of cattle: make (themselves) sick; (b) to bring (sth.) to destruction, destroy, ruin; also, damage (sth.); overcome (some power, a religion, country, etc.), disrupt, wipe out; spoil (harmony, an undertaking, etc.), ruin; also, cause (a harp) to be out of tune; -- used fig.; ppl. shent, destroyed; also, of a ship: broken, damaged; (c) to defile (sth.), befoul; disfigure (sth.), mutilate; (d) to corrupt (sth.), spoil, contaminate; infect (sb. or sth.); also fig.; also, mispronounce (sounds); (e) ben shent, to be lost, undone, ruined; ppl. shent, destroyed, confounded, brought to naught; (f) to be destroyed, be confounded.

(a) To corrupt (sb. or sth.) morally; also, mislead (sb.); (b) to condemn (sb., a soul), damn, cause to be lost; -- also refl.; (c) to confound (the devil), thwart; (d) to punish (sb.); also, inflict punishment [quot.: Cleanness]; ppl. shent, doing penance [1st quot.].

(a) To put (sb.) to shame, disgrace; violate (sb.); embarrass (sb.); shamen and ~; (b) to dishonor (sth.), disgrace; besmirch (honor, fame, etc.); (c) to blame (sb.), reproach, rebuke; -- also refl.; ?accuse (sb.) [quot.: 1455]; also, find fault [quot.: c1250]; ~ to, rebuke (sb.); (d) to insult (sb. or sth.), revile, mock, scold; (e) to dismay (sb., the heart, mind); confuse (sb., a language); (f) ~ for shame, ?to be put to shame, hesitate for shame (to do sth.).

(a) To kill (sb.); bring about the death of (sb.); (b) to wound (sb., a part of the body, an animal); torture (sb.); ~ to deth, give (sb., a horse) a death wound; (c) to defeat (sb.) in battle or a tournament; ~ of, ?overcome some of (the knights); ppl. shent, defeated, beaten.

In proverbs & prov. expressions; -- used intransitively in quot. a1382 Prov.13.5, 1st occurrence.

To protect (sb.), defend; -- also without obj.