Meaning

3 senses

  1. (dialectal)To shrink, shrivel.

  2. (dialectal)To shiver from cold.

  3. (dialectal)To shrug (the shoulders).

Origin

From Low German schrumpen, from Middle Low German *schrumpen (attested in Middle Low Germa

From Low German schrumpen, from Middle Low German *schrumpen (attested in Middle Low German vorschrumpen, vörschrumpen (“to shrivel, wrinkle”)), ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *skrimpan.

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Forms

shrumps, shrumping, shrumped, shrumped
Base formshrump · to shrump
3rd person singularshrumps
Present participleshrumping
Past simpleshrumped
Past participleshrumped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshrump
he, she, itshrumps

Past simpleLesson

all personsshrumped

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill shrump

Word family

3 related words
RelatedshrimpB1shrinkB2scrump

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shrubshrubberyshrugB2shtickshuckshucks
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