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/ʃæd/ · noun
Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring..
Each river had its village and its iron bridge that the train crossed with a blast of its whistle, and the girls bathing in the icy water leaped like shad as it passed, unsettling travelers with their fleeting breasts.
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Shad means Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Each river had its village and its iron bridge that the train crossed with a blast of its whistle, and the girls bathing in the icy water leaped like shad as it passed, unsettling travelers with their fleeting breasts.
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