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Shrews
- noun - a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
- small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
Shriek
- noun - a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes"
- Piercing cry
- sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors"
- utter a shrill cry
Shrift
- noun - the act of being shriven
Shrike
- noun - any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals
Shrill
- adjective - being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism"
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones ; "a shrill whistle"; "a shrill gaiety"
- of colors that are bright and gaudy; "a shrill turquoise"
- utter a shrill cry
Shrimp
- noun - any of various edible decapod crustaceans
- disparaging terms for small people
- fish for shrimp
- small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
Shrine
- noun - a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
- enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral"
Shrink
- noun - a physician who specializes in psychiatry
- become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
- decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
- draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
- reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
- wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
Shrive
- verb - grant remission of a sin to; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's"
Shroff
- - A banker, or changer of money.