English Explanatory Dictionary

shrim

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To shrink; to shrivel.

Pronunciation

/ʃɹɪm/

Word forms

shrim shrims shrimming shrimmed

Etymology

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

Related words

shrimmed
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