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"english": "Sorex araneus in family Soricidae",
"word": "common shrew"
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"english": "Macroscelididae",
"word": "elephant shrew"
},
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"word": "Elliot's short-tailed shrew"
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"word": "erd shrew"
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"english": "Suncus etruscus in family Soricidae",
"word": "Etruscan shrew"
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{
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"english": "Sorex araneus in family Soricidae",
"word": "hardishrew"
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{
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"word": "hero shrew"
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"word": "Himalayan shrew"
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"english": "Macroscelididae",
"word": "jumping shrew"
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"word": "McCarthy's shrew"
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"word": "mole shrew"
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"word": "musk shrew"
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"english": "family Soricidae",
"taxonomic": "Cryptotis nelsoni",
"word": "Nelson's small-eared shrew"
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"word": "northern tree shrew"
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"word": "ornate shrew"
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"english": "subfamily Potamogalinae in family Tenrecidae",
"word": "otter shrew"
},
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"word": "Pearson's long-clawed shrew"
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{
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"word": "red-toothed shrew"
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"word": "Sado shrew"
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{
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"word": "Saint Lawrence Island shrew"
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"word": "shrewd"
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"word": "shrew-faced squirrel"
},
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"word": "shrewish"
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"word": "shrew mole"
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"english": "Sorex araneus in family Soricidae",
"word": "shrewmouse"
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"english": "family Caenolestidae",
"word": "shrew opossum)"
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{
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"word": "shrew possum"
},
{
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"word": "shrew-run"
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{
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"word": "Sierra shrew"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "slender shrew"
},
{
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"word": "Tate's shrew rat"
},
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"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "terms derived from shrew"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "tree-shrew"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "tree shrew"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "families Tupaiidae and Ptilocercidae in order Scandentia",
"word": "treeshrew"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "tule shrew"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "water shrew"
},
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"alt": "genus †Nesophontes in family Solenodontidae",
"word": "West Indies shrew"
}
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"3": "*(s)ker- (cut)"
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"2": "ang",
"3": "sċrēawa",
"t": "shrew"
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"2": "gem-pro",
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"5": "dwarf"
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"name": "uder"
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"2": "no",
"3": "skrugg",
"4": "",
"5": "dwarf"
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"expansion": "Norwegian skrugg (“dwarf”)",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English *schrewe, from Old English sċrēawa (“shrew”), from Proto-Germanic *skrawwaz (“thin; meagre; frail”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut; shorten; skimp”). Cognates include Old High German scrawaz (“dwarf”), Norwegian skrugg (“dwarf”).",
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"form": "shrews",
"tags": [
"plural"
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"word": "complainer"
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"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "jerk"
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{
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"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "woman"
}
],
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{
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"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"tags": [
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"word": "grimalkin"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "madam"
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],
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"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "Megaera"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "Xanthippe"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"word": "banshee"
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{
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"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"tags": [
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"word": "blowsabella"
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"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "fury"
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"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "hothead"
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"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "hotspur"
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{
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"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "hoyden"
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"word": "spitfire"
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"Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae (order Soricomorpha)."
],
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"sense": "mouselike mammal",
"word": "common shrew"
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[
"nocturnal",
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],
[
"Soricidae",
"Soricidae#Translingual"
],
[
"Soricomorpha",
"Soricomorpha"
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"sense": "mouselike mammal",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "ranny"
}
],
"translations": [
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "zabāba",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "زَبَابَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "srənčʿak",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "սրընչակ"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "sika",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "চিকা"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "musgañu"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "topu ratu"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "satitsu"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zjemljarýjka",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "земляры́йка"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "minoc'h"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zemeróvka",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "земеро́вка"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "krwakcut",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "ကြွက်စုတ်"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "musaranya"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qújīng",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "鼩鼱"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiānshǔ",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "尖鼠"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rejsek"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "spidsmus"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spitsmuis"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "soriko"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "karihiir"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trantmús"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "päästäinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "frp",
"lang": "Franco-Provençal",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "musèt"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "musaraigne"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "furaño"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "musgaño"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "biga",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "ბიგა"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Spitzmaus"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "nanomygalída",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "νανομυγαλίδα"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "cickány"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "snjáldurmús"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "snjáldra"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "celurut"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dallóg fhraoigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toporagno"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "togarinezumi",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "トガリネズミ"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"alt": "とがりねずみ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "togarinezumi",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "尖鼠"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "curut"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dwijwi",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "뒤쥐"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "ciersleits"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sōrex"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirslis"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kirstukas"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "rovka",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ровка"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ġurdiem ta’ geddumu twil"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "chį́į́shnézí"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "chucundro",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "छुचुन्द्रो"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "vánddis"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "spissmus"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spissmus"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skjerd"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "musaranha"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "screawa"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "sivri sıçan",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "سیوری صیچان"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "muše šabgard",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "موش شبگرد"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ryjówka"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "musaranho"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chițcan"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "misarogn"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zemlerójka",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "землеро́йка"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dallag-an-fhraoich"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ровчица"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ровка"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "rovčica"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "rovka"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piskor"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rovka"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "musaraña"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "näbbmus"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "musaranya"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "nǔu-pǐi",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "หนูผี"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "kir faresi"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zemlerýjka",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "землери́йка"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "chuột chù"
},
{
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"Soricomorpha",
"Soricomorpha"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews (order Soricomorpha)."
],
"links": [
[
"Soricomorpha",
"Soricomorpha"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English derogatory terms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard",
"text": "The clerk had, I'm afraid, a shrew of a wife—shrill, vehement, and fluent. 'Rogue,' 'old miser,' 'old sneak,' and a great many worse names, she called him.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1959, Mordecai Richler, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz",
"text": "His wife was a shrew with warts on her face and she spoke to him sharply when others were present, but Simcha did not complain.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"scold",
"scold"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(derogatory) An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʃɹuː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʃɹɪu̯/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uː"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"enpr": "shro͞o"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "shrow"
},
{
"sense": "mouselike mammal",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "ranny"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "battle axe"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "bitch"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "cat"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "crow"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "dragon"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "faggot"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "fishwife"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "harpy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "harridan"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "hellcat"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "jade"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "nag"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "nudnik"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "scold"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "she-devil"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "shrew"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "termagant"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "virago"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "vixen"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:shrew",
"word": "witch"
}
],
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "zabāba",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "زَبَابَة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "srənčʿak",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "սրընչակ"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "sika",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "চিকা"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "musgañu"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "topu ratu"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "satitsu"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zjemljarýjka",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "земляры́йка"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "minoc'h"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zemeróvka",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "земеро́вка"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "krwakcut",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "ကြွက်စုတ်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "musaranya"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qújīng",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "鼩鼱"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiānshǔ",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "尖鼠"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rejsek"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "spidsmus"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spitsmuis"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "soriko"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "karihiir"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trantmús"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "päästäinen"
},
{
"code": "frp",
"lang": "Franco-Provençal",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "musèt"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "musaraigne"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "furaño"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "musgaño"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "biga",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "ბიგა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Spitzmaus"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "nanomygalída",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "νανομυγαλίδα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "cickány"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "snjáldurmús"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "snjáldra"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "celurut"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dallóg fhraoigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toporagno"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "togarinezumi",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "トガリネズミ"
},
{
"alt": "とがりねずみ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "togarinezumi",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "尖鼠"
},
{
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "curut"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dwijwi",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "뒤쥐"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "ciersleits"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sōrex"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirslis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kirstukas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "rovka",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ровка"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ġurdiem ta’ geddumu twil"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "chį́į́shnézí"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "chucundro",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "छुचुन्द्रो"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "vánddis"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "spissmus"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spissmus"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skjerd"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "musaranha"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "screawa"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "sivri sıçan",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "سیوری صیچان"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "muše šabgard",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "موش شبگرد"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ryjówka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "musaranho"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chițcan"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "misarogn"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zemlerójka",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "землеро́йка"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dallag-an-fhraoich"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ровчица"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ровка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "rovčica"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "rovka"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piskor"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rovka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "musaraña"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "näbbmus"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "musaranya"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "nǔu-pǐi",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "หนูผี"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "kir faresi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zemlerýjka",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "землери́йка"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "chuột chù"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "llyg"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pipermûs"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "woman",
"word": "feeks"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "woman",
"word": "潑婦"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pōfù",
"sense": "woman",
"word": "泼妇"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "woman",
"word": "rachomejtle"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "rappenskralde"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "woman",
"word": "megero"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "woman",
"word": "äkäpussi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "furie"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mégère"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "arpella"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Megäre"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mirshá'at",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מִרְשַׁעַת"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zołza"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hetera"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sekutnica"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "megera"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "megeră"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scorpie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "megéra",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "меге́ра"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "védʹma",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ве́дьма"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "majara"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "magara"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mavara"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "megera"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "arpía"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bruja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ragata"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "argbigga"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "woman",
"word": "cadı"
}
],
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"The Taming of the Shrew",
"shrew"
],
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English schrewen (“to make evil; curse”), from Middle English schrewe, schrowe, screwe (“wicked; evil; an evil person”), from Old English *scrēawa (“wicked person”, literally “biter”). Perhaps ultimately from the same word as Etymology 1 above.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "shrews",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "shrewing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "shrewed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "shrewed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "shrew (third-person singular simple present shrews, present participle shrewing, simple past and past participle shrewed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To beshrew; to curse."
],
"links": [
[
"beshrew",
"beshrew"
],
[
"curse",
"curse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, transitive) To beshrew; to curse."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʃɹuː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʃɹɪu̯/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uː"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-shrew.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-shrew.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"enpr": "shro͞o"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"shrew"
],
"word": "shrew"
}
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