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shrim.

To shrink; to shrivel.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ʃɹɪm/
  1. To shrink; to shrivel.

    West-Country
Where this word comes from

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

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