meaning of shrew
1. Wicked; malicious.
2. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold.
3. Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidae. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals.
4. To beshrew; to curse.
5. small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
Related Words
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