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verb · intransitive

scringe

scringe · scringes · scringed · scringing

To cringe or shrinkTo cringe or shrink.

/skɹɪnd͡ʒ/

Meaning

3 senses

To fish using a scringe.
(UK, US, dialectal, intransitive)To cringe or shrink.
(UK, US, dialectal, intransitive)To scrape.

Origin

Compare cringe and shrink.

Compare cringe and shrink.

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Forms

scringes, scringing, scringed, scringed

regular · Lesson

Base form	scringe · to scringe
3rd person singular	scringes
Present participle	scringing
Past simple	scringed
Past participle	scringed

Tenses

scringe · scringed · will scringe · have scringed

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	scringe
he, she, it	scringes

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have scringed
he, she, it	has scringed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will scringe

Past simpleLesson

all persons

scringed

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

scribe scrimp scriptA2 scripture scriptwriter

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