Shim

What do we mean by shim?

A thin, often tapered piece of material, such as wood, stone, or metal, used to fill gaps, make something level, or adjust something to fit properly. noun

To fill in, level, or adjust by using shims or a shim. transitive verb

Broadly, in machinery, a thin slip (usually of metal, but often of other material) used to fill up space caused by wear, or placed between parts liable to wear, as under the cap of a pillow-block or journal-box. noun

In stone-working and quarrying, a plate used to fill out the space at the side of a jumper-hole, between it and a wedge used for separating a block of stone, or for contracting the space in fitting a lewis into the hole. noun

A shim-plow (which see, under plow). noun

A white spot, as a white streak on a horse's face. noun

An ignis fatuus. noun

Same as shime.

To wedge up or fill out to a fair surface by inserting a thin wedge or piece of material.

An imperfect shingle, thicker at one side than the other; also, an imperfect stave for a bucket. noun

A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds. noun

A thin piece of metal placed between two parts to make a fit. noun

A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits, also called a he-she; transsexual. noun

Hermaphrodite. noun

A wedge. noun

A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support. noun

A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes. noun

A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds. noun

A small metal device used to pick open a lock. noun

To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery verb

A wedge.

A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.

A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.

A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.

A small metal device used to pick open a lock.

Words that are spelled similarly to shim:
shim.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word shim:
shims, shimmy, sham, yah, spacer, gum, shogunate, yer, sulu, seo, hangul, bucket, thorns, jung, plateau, chung, meiji, shin, choi, mina, kim, kant, kan, edo, korean, sim, choreography, purge, seoul, gong, adjust, zen, mecca, chang, api, clan, prefecture, cpu, rods, tap, enlightenment, jin, inserted, installment, consort, valve, ibn, korea, valves, min, province, dancer, domain, relay, buddhist, descendants, swing, manning, freestyle, chi, martial, routine, kingston, han, reunited, sword, actress, lee, metres, memories, abu, pitcher, ben, surname, stem, sung, starred, transmission, executed, aired, arrangement, tokyo, filming, scholar, accused, portland, footballer, reign, tribe.

Words that rhyme with shim:
synonym, swim, grim, trim, whim, skim, limb, dim, slim, rim, pseudonym, gym, prim, mim, hymn, brim, vim, him, sim, im, jim, patronym, tim, kim, grimm, lim, kibbutzim, sym, crim, flim, clim, chimb, zim, prelim, pimm, forelimb, grimme, krim, simm, hind limb, imm, phantom limb, klim, timm, yim, brimm, kym, jakob ludwig karl grimm, mckim, bihm, wilhelm karl grimm, trimm, mihm, primm, timme, kimm, chiarnim, crimm, haradim, klym, pymm.

Adjectives that are often used to describe shim:
thin, new, thick, thicker, original, small, thinner, correct, wooden, stainless, laminated, inch, nan, old, nonmagnetic, tapered, flat, chemical, single, shaped, warped, right, appropriate, proper, additional, plastic, forward, gehrenbeck, abbott, magnetic, side, reverse, removed, left, extra, liquid, respective, rear, soft, smaller, metallic, used, temporary, metal, clean, thinnest, conductive.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective shim:
stock, coils, pack, rods, washer, washers, safety, rod, gasket, sham, wabble, han, plates, box, gaskets, thickness, control, adjustment, etal, material, method, tape, packs, changes.

Consonant match to shim:
shame, sham, shawm, schaum, shalm, shum, schum, schumm, schirm, schemm.

Words that sound like shim:
shim, shem, shum, schum, schemm, sjam, shame, shin, sham, shing, shime, xing, shinn, shawm, shom, schaum, xim, scham, schin, hsin, gym, jim, chim, jym, jimm, chimb, shun, sion, shen, -tion, sheng, hsian, shine, gem, shown, sean, sheen, shone, shimmer, shane, chum, shawn, shaun, jem, shimmy, shan, shon, xan, cian, shang, sherm, shayne, jum, shyne, shean, shema, schene, shain, shoun, shoon, shimp, shme, schon, schoen, chom, shaine, srm, shmoe, shoen, schein, shims, shein, gemme, szene, scheen, schone, schirm, sheene, shewn, siang, shahn, shimmed, shm, shuang, chm, schlimm, shonn, chem-, hsien, scherm, scian, hsiang, ishim, schm, aaim, cham, -ian, chame, cheam, arim.