shrew

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Pronunciation

• enPR: shro͞o, IPA: /ʃɹuː/

Noun

shrew (plural shrews)

1. Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae (order Soricomorpha).
2. Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews (order Soricomorpha).
3. (pejorative) An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.

Synonyms

• (mouselike mammal) ranny (obsolete)
• (nagging woman) seeSynonyms en

Translations

• French: musaraigne
• German: Spitzmaus
• Italian: toporagno
• Portuguese: musaranho
• Russian: землеро́йка
• Spanish: musaraña

Translations

• French: furie, mégère
• German: Megäre
• Portuguese: megera
• Russian: меге́ра
• Spanish: arpía, bruja

Verb

shrew (shrews, present participle shrewing; past and past participle shrewed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To beshrew; to curse.

   • I shrew myself.

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