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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.
Shroud
- noun - (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
- a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute
- burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
- cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
- form a cover like a shroud; "Mist shrouded the castle"
- wrap in a shroud; "shroud the corpses"
Shrove
- verb - grant remission of a sin to; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's"