she

Examples

• All

• As soon as she received her torpedo hits, she began listing rapidly to port.

  Academic text (1991)

• I've been tracking her for two transits, and she's now the only ship in sensor range.

  Fiction book (1991)

• You know, she was built to welcome visitors to America, buddy.

  Venom: The Last Dance (2024)

• Since the vessel is still very hot, she steadies it with the handful of branches.

  Academic text (1994)

• The ship sailed smoothly across the water, and everyone admired sher graceful lines.

• Although she faced many storms, the vessel proved sher strength and resilience.

• Renowned for sher speed, she became the pride of the naval fleet.

Idioms

T

that's all she wrote

• Informal

1 9.2

The end when nothing more can be said or done

T

that's what she said

• NSFW

1 9.9

A joke phrase people say after someone says something that can sound sexual

L

to look as if she had been dragged through a hedge backwards

• UK

9.9

Seem very untidy and messy

Compounds

S

she-devil

• Offensive

6 8.8

A cruel woman who treats people very badly

S

she-goat

1 2.8

A female goat

S

steady-as-she-goes

• Informal

1 7.7

Careful action that avoids sudden changes or risks

T

total she-ape

• Slur

9.9

A woman who acts in a very foolish and clumsy way

S

she-oak

• Australian

9.9

A tree from Australia with thin jointed branches and needle-like leaves

S

She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

• Informal

9.1

A joking name for a woman whose real name people avoid saying

Surface Forms

Etymology