Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shrim

/ʃɹɪm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shrim
IPA
/ʃɹɪm/
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shrink; to shrivel.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *schrymmen, sċrimman, *skrimman, *skrimbaną

Inflected Forms

shrims (present, singular) shrimming (participle, present) shrimmed (participle, past) shrimmed (past)

Frequently Paired Words

shrimmed

Rhymes With

him jim kim tim gym swim slim trim rim sim pacific rim limb

Questions

How do you pronounce shrim?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃɹɪm/.
What does shrim mean?
To shrink; to shrivel.
Where does shrim come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce shrim

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