she /ʃiː/pronoun 6noun 1verb 1determiner 1forms 5phrases 1 pronoun6 •used before a verb to mean a woman, a girl or a female animal you have already talked aboutI asked Mary, but she said that she didn't know.After the cat killed a mouse, she left it on our doorstep. •A ship or boat.She could do forty knots in good weather.She is a beautiful boat, isn’t she? •The Catholic Church. •(old-fashioned) A country, or sometimes a city, province, planet, etc.She is a poor place, but has beautiful scenery and friendly people. •(literary, old-fashioned) A thing, especially a machine or other object, such as a car, a computer, or (poetically) a season.She only gets thirty miles to the gallon on the highway, but she’s durable. •(nonstandard) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant (used in a work, along with or in place of he, as an indefinite pronoun). noun1 •A female.Pat is definitely a she. verb1 •To refer to (someone) using she/her pronouns.If somebody wants to go by “he,” continually “sheing” them [is invalidating]. — 2019 determiner1 •Synonym of her. formsSHEs · shes · herself · her · hers Phrases with she steady-as-she-goessteady; careful; avoiding sudden change
SHE noun 4forms 1phrases 1 noun4 •Initialism of safety, health, environment. •Initialism of standard hydrogen electrode. •Initialism of superheavy element. •Initialism of selective harmonic elimination. formsSHEs Phrases with SHE steady-as-she-goessteady; careful; avoiding sudden change
She /ʃə/noun 2phrases 1 noun2 •An ethnic group in southern China. •A language of the Hmong-Mien language family spoken by very few She people. Phrases with She steady-as-she-goessteady; careful; avoiding sudden change