shrim

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English *schrymmen, from Old English sċrimman (shrink, draw up, contract), from Proto-West Germanic *skrimman, from Proto-Germanic *skrimbaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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shrim (third-person singular simple present shrims, present participle shrimming, simple past and past participle shrimmed)

  1. (West Country) To shrink; to shrivel.

Derived terms

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