shrim

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/ʃɹɪm/

verb

To shrink; to shrivel.

OriginMiddle English *schrymmen ← Old English sċrimman ← Proto-West Germanic *skrimman →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person shrims · participle present shrimming · participle past shrimmed · past shrimmed

  1. West CountryTo shrink; to shrivel.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*skrimbaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*skrimman
  3. Old Englishsċrimman“shrink, draw up, contract”
  4. Middle English*schrymmen
  5. Englishshrim

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with shrim

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APA

shrim. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrim

MLA

“shrim.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrim. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shrim,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrim.

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