shrimp
To fish for shrimpTo fish for shrimp.
Meaning
2 senses(intransitive)To fish for shrimp.
fish for shrimp
To contract; to shrink.
Examples
86 sentencesMy cat loves shrimp.
Мій кіт любить креветки. — User55521
ruМой кот любит креветки. — marafon
deMeine Katze liebt Garnelen. — tiuwiu
When was the last time you ate shrimp?
ruКогда вы в последний раз ели креветки? — odexed
deWann hast du das letzte Mal Garnelen gegessen? — raggione
I advised Tom not to eat the shrimp.
ruЯ посоветовал Тому не есть креветки. — Balamax
One of my favorite things to eat is shrimp.
Can I get the steak and shrimp dinner?
Origin
From Middle English schrimpe (“shrimp, puny person”), possibly from or related to Middle LFrom Middle English schrimpe (“shrimp, puny person”), possibly from or related to Middle Low German schrempen (“to wrinkle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaz (“shrivelled”), from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrivel”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ-.
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Forms
shrimps, shrimping, shrimped, shrimpedWord family
1 related wordsLessons 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 dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.