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Traditional English :: shred
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shrek.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a scrap, fragment, or strip of esp. cloth, paper, etc.
2 the least amount, remnant (not a shred of evidence). --v.tr. (shredded, shredding) tear or cut into shreds. tear to shreds completely refute (an argument etc.). [OE scread (unrecorded) piece cut off, screadian f. WG: see SHROUD] |
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Traditional English :: shredder
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shrek.html - n.
1 a machine used to reduce documents to shreds.
2 any device used for shredding. |
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Traditional English :: shrew
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shrek.html - 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. shrewish adj. (in sense 2). shrewishly adv. shrewishness n. [OE screawa, scrówa shrew-mouse: cf. OHG scrawaz dwarf, MHG schrawaz etc. devil] |
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Traditional English :: shrewd
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shrek.html - adj. 1 a showing astute powers of judgement; clever and judicious (a shrewd observer; made a shrewd guess). b (of a face etc.) shrewd-looking. 2 archaic a (of pain, cold, etc.) sharp, biting. b (of a blow, thrust, etc.) severe, hard. c mischievous; malicious. shrewdly adv. shrewdness n. [ME, = malignant, f. SHREW in sense 'evil person or thing', or past part. of obs. shrew to curse, f. SHREW] |
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English Idioms :: shrift
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shrek.html - See: SHORT SHRIFT. |
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English Idioms :: shrink
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shrek.html - See: HEAD SHRINKER. |
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