shrew
21shrew — noun my brother has just married a despicable shrew Syn: virago, dragon, termagant, fishwife, witch, tartar, hag; informal battle ax, old bag, old bat; archaic scold …
22shrew — I [[t]ʃru[/t]] n. a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant • Etymology: 1200–50; ME: villain, evildoer (of either sex) II shrew [[t]ʃru[/t]] n. mam any of several small, mouselike, insect eating mammals of the family Soricidae, having a… …
23shrew — /ʃru / (say shrooh) noun 1. any of various small, insectivorous mammals of the genus Sorex and allied genera, having a long, sharp snout and a mouse like form, as the water shrew, Neomys fodiens, of Europe and the British Isles. 2. a woman of… …
24shrew — n. 1 any small usu. insect eating mouselike mammal of the family Soricidae, with a long pointed snout. 2 a bad tempered or scolding woman. Derivatives: shrewish adj. (in sense 2). shrewishly adv. shrewishness n. Etymology: OE screawa, scraeligwa… …
25Shrew-toothed Shrew Tenrec — Shrew toothed Shrew Tenrec[1] Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[ …
26Shrew mole — Shrew moles (or shrew moles) and mole shrews (or mole shrews) are two distinct groups of animals. Shrew moles Any of seven species of mole in the family Talpidae that resemble shrews: Four species in the subfamily Uropsilinae, or shrew like moles …
27Shrew mole — Shrew Shrew, n. [See {Shrew}, a.] 1. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. [1913 Webster] A man . . . grudgeth that shrews [i. e., bad men] have prosperity, or …
28Shrew Gymnure — Conservation status Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3) Scientific classification Kingdo …
29shrew´ish|ness — shrew|ish «SHROO ihsh», adjective. that is, resembles, or is characteristic of a shrew; scolding or bad tempered: »a shrewish remark. –shrew´ish|ly, adverb. –shrew´ish|ness, noun …
30shrew´ish|ly — shrew|ish «SHROO ihsh», adjective. that is, resembles, or is characteristic of a shrew; scolding or bad tempered: »a shrewish remark. –shrew´ish|ly, adverb. –shrew´ish|ness, noun …
