Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)To beshrew; to curse.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. That's a shrew, not a mouse.

    ruЭто землеройка, а не мышь. — Wezel

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  2. Nemesio loved chatting with shrews and bats.

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  3. Actually, the shrew is not a mouse.

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  4. Nemesio had gotten drowsy rocking the baby shrews.

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  5. At the edge of the road lay a dead shrew.

    ruНа краю дороги лежала дохлая землеройка. — Karok

    deAm Straßenrand lag eine tote Spitzmaus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

From Middle English schrewen (“to make evil; curse”), from Middle English schrewe, schrowe

From Middle English schrewen (“to make evil; curse”), from Middle English schrewe, schrowe, screwe (“wicked; evil; an evil person”).

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Forms

shrews, shrewing, shrewed, shrewed
Base formshrew · to shrew
3rd person singularshrews
Present participleshrewing
Past simpleshrewed
Past participleshrewed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshrew
he, she, itshrews

Past simpleLesson

all personsshrewed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave shrewed
he, she, ithas shrewed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill shrew

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shredshreddershrewdshriekshrike
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