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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English schare, schere, from Old English scearu (“a cutting, shaving, a shearing, tonsure, part, division, share”), from Proto-Germanic *skarō (“a division, detachment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱar-, *skar- (“to divide”). Cognate with Eastern Frisian skar, sker (“a share in a communal pasture”), Dutch schaar (“a dab, pair of scissors, claw”), German Schar (“band, troop, party, company”), Icelandic skor (“department”). Compare shard, shear.

Noun [edit]

share (plural shares)

  1. A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.
  2. (finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.
  3. (computing) A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.
    Upload media from the browser or directly to the file share.
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Translations [edit]
portion of something
financial instrument
resource shared over a computer network

Verb [edit]

share (third-person singular simple present shares, present participle sharing, simple past and past participle shared)

  1. To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.
  2. To have in common.
    They share a language.
  3. To divide and distribute.
  4. To tell to another.
    He shared his story with the press.
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from share (verb)
Translations [edit]
to give
to have in common
to divide and distribute
to tell to another
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Etymology 2 [edit]

From Middle English share, schare, shaar, from Old English scear, scær (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Germanic *skaraz (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerə- (“to cut”). Cognate with Dutch schaar (“ploughshare”), German dialectal Schar (“ploghshare”), Danish plovskær (“ploghshare”). More at shear.

Noun [edit]

share (plural shares)

  1. (agriculture) The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
plowshare — see plowshare

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Adjective [edit]

share

  1. Comparative and superlative forms of mie
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