Definition of share

"share" in the noun sense

1. share, portion, part, percentage

assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group

"he wanted his share in cash"

2. share

any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate

"he bought 100 shares of IBM at the market price"

3. parcel, portion, share

the allotment of some amount by dividing something

"death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"

4. contribution, part, share

the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result

"I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project"

"they all did their share of the work"

5. plowshare, ploughshare, share

a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil

"share" in the verb sense

1. share

have in common

"Our children share a love of music"

"The two countries share a long border"

2. share

use jointly or in common

3. partake, share, partake in

have, give, or receive a share of

"We shared the cake"

4. share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, deal

give out as one's portion or share

5. share

communicate

"I'd like to share this idea with you"

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Quotations for share

Our fellow's share is always the best. [ Proverb ]

Lord, help me through this warld o' care,
I'm weary sick o't late and air;
Not but I hae a richer share
Than mony ithers;
But why should ae man better fare,
And a' men brithers? [ Burns ]

All who joy would win
Must share it - happiness was born a twin. [ Byron ]

Light is the task when many share the toil. [ Homer ]

A sea before
The Throne is spread; - its pure still glass
Pictures all earth-scenes as they pass.
We, on its shore,
Share, in the bosom of our rest,
God's knowledge, and are blest. [ Cardinal Newman ]

God oft hath a great share in a little house. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

He who hath a trade hath a share every where. [ Proverb ]

Shall he who soars, inspired by loftier views.
Life's little cares and little pains refuse?
Shall he not rather feel a double share
Of mortal woe, when doubly armed to bear? [ Crabbe ]

That book in many's eyes doth share the glory,
That in gold clasps locks in the golden story. [ William Shakespeare ]

Let us no more contend, nor blame
Each other, blam'd enough elsewhere, but strive
In offices of love, how we may lighten
Each other's burden, in our share of woe. [ Milton ]

Laugh not too much: the witty man laughs least:
For wit is news only to ignorance.
Less at thine own things laugh: lest in the jest
Thy person share, and the conceit advance. [ George Herbert ]

The fall of waters and the song of birds.
And hills that echo to the distant herds.
Are luxuries excelling all the glare
The world can boast, and her chief favorites share. [ Cowper ]

Even, children followed with endearing wile,
And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile. [ Goldsmith ]

Confidence in conversation has a greater share than wit. [ Rochefoucauld ]

To have joy one must share it. Happiness was born a twin. [ Byron ]

He has most share in the wedding that lies with the bride. [ Proverb ]

Share not pears with your master either in jest or in earnest. [ Proverb ]

Seraphs share with thee knowledge; but art, O man, is thine alone! [ Schiller ]

If you have one true friend, you have more than your share comes to. [ Proverb ]

Virtue and vice divide the world; but vice has got the greater share. [ Proverb ]

If to her share some female errors fall,Look on her face, and you'll forget them all. [ Pope ]

Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them. [ Duncan ]

Were wisdom to be sold, she would give no price; every man is satisfied with the share he has from nature. [ Henry Home ]

Man's conviction should be strong, and so well timed that worldly advantages may seem to have no share in it. [ Addison ]

Men have a solicitude about fame; and the greater share they have of it, the more afraid they are of losing it. [ Johnson ]

Equality is the share of every one at their advent upon earth, and equality is also theirs when placed beneath it. [ Ninon de Lenclos ]

In analyzing the character of heroes. It is hardly possible to separate altogether the share of fortune from their own. [ Hallam ]

Men possessing minds which are morose, solemn, and inflexible enjoy generally a greater share of dignity than of happiness. [ Bacon ]

Men possessing minds which are morose, solemn, and inflexible, enjoy, in general, a greater share of dignity than of happiness. [ Bacon ]

There may come a day when there shall be no more curse; in the meantime you must be humble and honest enough to take your share of it. [ John Ruskin ]

In ancient days the Pythagoreans were used to change names with each other, - fancying that each would share the virtues they admired in the other. [ Thoreau ]

Jealousy is a painful passion; yet without some share of it, the agreeable affection of love has difficulty to subsist in its full force and violence. [ Hume ]

We are one nation, and their pain is our pain. Their dreams are our dreams, and their success will be our success. We share one heart, one home, and one glorious destiny. [ President Donald J. Trump, Presidential Inaugeration Speech, Jan 20, 2017 ]

No man can quite emancipate himself from his age and country, or produce a model in which the education, the religion, the politics, the usages, and the arts of his times shall have no share. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must at times trust something to fortune, for fortune has often some share in what happens. [ Metastasio ]

One is more honest in youth, and to the age of thirty years, than when one has passed it. It is only after that age that one's illusions are dispelled. Until then, one resembles the dog that defends the dinner of his master against other dogs: after this period, he takes his share of it with the others. [ Chamfort ]

The man who will share his purse with you in the days of misfortune and distress, and like the good Samaritan, be surety for your support to the landlord, you may admit to your confidence, incorporate into the very core of your heart, and call him friend; misfortunes cannot shake him from you; a prison will not conceal you from his sight. [ J. Bartlett ]

I see the spectacle of morning from the hilltop over against my house, from daybreak to sunrise, with emotions which an angel might share. The long slender bars of cloud float like fishes in the sea of crimson light. From the earth, as a shore, I look out into that silent sea. I seem to partake its rapid transformations; the active enchantment reaches my dust, and I dilate and conspire with the morning wind. [ Emerson ]

share in Scrabble®

The word share is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters share:

SHEAR
(36)
HARES
(36)
HEARS
(36)
SHARE
(36)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word share

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In share

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share in Words With Friends™

The word share is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters share:

HARES
(39)
SHEAR
(39)
HEARS
(39)
SHARE
(39)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word share

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In share

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(39)
SHEAR
(39)
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(39)
SHARE
(39)
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(36)
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(36)
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Words within the letters of share

2 letter words in share (7 words)

3 letter words in share (10 words)

4 letter words in share (10 words)

5 letter words in share (Anagrams) (5 words)

Word Growth involving share

Shorter words in share

ar are hare

re are hare

ha hare

Longer words containing share

fileshare fileshares

groundshare groundshared

groundshare groundshares

overshare

ploughshare ploughshares

plowshare plowshares

profitshare

reshare reshared

reshare reshares

shareability

shareable

sharecrop sharecropped

sharecrop sharecropper sharecroppers

sharecrop sharecropping

sharecrop sharecrops

shared groundshared

shared reshared

shared timeshared

shared unshared

shareholder shareholders

shareholding shareholdings

shareowner shareowners

sharer sharers

shares fileshares

shares groundshares

shares ploughshares

shares plowshares

shares reshares

shares timeshares

shares unshares

shareware

timeshare timeshared

timeshare timeshares

undershare

unshare unshared

unshare unshares