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shrim

/ʃɹɪm/

shrim verb: to shrink; to shrivel.

Verb

shrim (third-person singular simple present shrims, present participle shrimming, simple past and past participle shrimmed)

  1. (West-Country) To shrink; to shrivel.

Forms of shrim

third-person singular presentshrims
present participleshrimming
past participleshrimmed
pastshrimmed

Origin of shrim

From Middle English *schrymmen, from Old English sċrimman (“shrink, draw up, contract”), from Proto-West Germanic *skrimman, from Proto-Germanic *skrimbaną.

Words that rhyme with shrim

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Questions about shrim

What does shrim mean?
Shrim means to shrink; to shrivel.
What part of speech is shrim?
Shrim is a verb.
How do you pronounce shrim?
Shrim is pronounced /ʃɹɪm/.
What is the past tense of shrim?
The past tense of shrim is shrimmed.

Words near shrim in the dictionary

  1. shrillly
  2. shrillness
  3. shrillnesses
  4. shrills
  5. shrilly
  6. shrim
  7. Shrimati
  8. shrimmed
  9. shrimming
  10. shrimp
  11. shrimp boat

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