📖 Definitions of "Shims"
noun
- 1
A wedge.
- 2
A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
- 3
A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
- 4
A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
verb
- 1
To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery.
- 2
To adjust something by using shims.
- 3
To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes.
noun
- 1
A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits, also called a he-she; transsexual.
- 2
Hermaphrodite.
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