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shram

shram verb: to cause to shrink or shrivel with cold; to numb.

Verb

shram (third-person singular simple present shrams, present participle shramming, simple past and past participle shrammed)

  1. (UK, dated, dialectal) To cause to shrink or shrivel with cold; to numb.
    • the shramming cold

Forms of shram

third-person singular presentshrams
present participleshramming
past participleshrammed
pastshrammed

Origin of shram

Compare shrink.

Questions about shram

What does shram mean?
Shram means to cause to shrink or shrivel with cold; to numb.
What part of speech is shram?
Shram is a verb.
What is the past tense of shram?
The past tense of shram is shrammed.

Words near shram in the dictionary

  1. Shrakes
  2. shralp
  3. shralped
  4. shralping
  5. shralps
  6. shram
  7. shrammed
  8. shramming
  9. shrams
  10. shrank
  11. shrank away

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