shrew

IPA: ʃrˈu

noun

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

verb

  • (obsolete, transitive) To beshrew; to curse.
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Examples of "shrew" in Sentences

  • She found a shrew in her room.
  • How do you know his wife wasn't an evil shrew
  • Has the dwindling barn owl had a shrew too many
  • That would probably include the shrew and the birds.
  • Did you know that the shrew and the vole is poisonous
  • I've been reading the article The Taming of the Shrew.
  • The etruscan shrew is the smallest mammal in the world.
  • Eight of the ten are shrews, from the Common Shrew to the Water Shrew.
  • The Manenguba shrew and endemic vegetal species are native to the mountain.

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