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shrew
/ʃɹuː/
noun 3verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
afraid, dead, dirty, lay, smallest
VERB + SHREW
squalling, want
SHREW + NOUN
mouse, myself, warts, wife
PREP.
on, with
ADV.
actually
Definitions
noun
1
Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.
2
Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews.
3
An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.
The clerk had, I'm afraid, a shrew of a wife—shrill, vehement, and fluent. 'Rogue,' 'old miser,' 'old sneak,' and a great many worse names, she called him.
His wife was a shrew with warts on her face and she spoke to him sharply when others were present, but Simcha did not complain.
verb
1
To beshrew; to curse.
I shrew myself.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — small mouselike mammal with a long snout
- shrewmouse
noun — a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The clerk had, I'm afraid, a shrew of a wife—shrill, vehement, and fluent. 'Rogue,' 'old miser,' 'old sneak,' and a great many worse names, she called him.
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His wife was a shrew with warts on her face and she spoke to him sharply when others were present, but Simcha did not complain.
Wiktionary03
“Cease thy squalling, thou shrew!”
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I shrew myself.
Wiktionary05
The Etruscan shrew is the smallest mammal by weight. It only weighs 1.8 grammes.
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At the edge of the road lay a dead shrew.
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