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Shrilling
- verb - a continuing shrill noise; "the clash of swords and the shrilling of trumpets"--P. J. Searles
- utter a shrill cry
Shrimpers
- noun - a vessel engaged in shrimping
Shrinkage
- noun - process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage"
- the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store; "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting"
- the amount by which something shrinks
Shrinking
- verb - 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"
- process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage"
- reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
- the act of becoming less
- wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
Shriveled
- adjective - (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
- lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"
- reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power"
Shroffage
- - A money dealer's commission; also, more commonly, the examination of coins, and the separation of the good from the debased.
Shrouding
- verb - 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"
Shrubbery
- noun - a collection of shrubs growing together
- an area where a number of shrubs are planted