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shri mp co ck|tail (shrimp cocktails ) N‑VAR A shrimp cocktail is a dish that consists of shrimp, salad, and a sauce. It is usually eaten at the beginning of a meal. [mainly AM ] in BRIT, use prawn cocktail

shrine /ʃra I n/ (shrines )

1 N‑COUNT A shrine is a place of worship which is associated with a particular holy person or object. □ [+ of ] …the holy shrine of Mecca.

2 N‑COUNT A shrine is a place that people visit and treat with respect because it is connected with a dead person or with dead people that they want to remember. □ [+ to ] The monument has been turned into a shrine to the dead and the missing.

shrink /ʃr I ŋk/ (shrinks , shrinking , shrank , shrunk )

1 VERB If cloth or clothing shrinks , it becomes smaller in size, usually as a result of being washed. □ [V ] All my jumpers have shrunk.

2 VERB If something shrinks or something else shrinks it, it becomes smaller. □ [V ] The vast forests of West Africa have shrunk. □ [V n] Hungary may have to lower its hopes of shrinking its state sector.

3 VERB If you shrink away from someone or something, you move away from them because you are frightened, shocked, or disgusted by them. □ [V prep/adv] One child shrinks away from me when I try to talk to him.

4 VERB [usu with neg] If you do not shrink from a task or duty, you do it even though it is unpleasant or dangerous. □ [V + from ] We must not shrink from the legitimate use of force if we are to remain credible.

5 N‑COUNT A shrink is a psychiatrist. [INFORMAL ] □  I've seen a shrink already.

6no shrinking violet → see violet

shrink|age /ʃr I ŋk I dʒ/ N‑UNCOUNT Shrinkage is a decrease in the size or amount of something. □  Allow for some shrinkage in both length and width.

shri nk-wrapped ADJ [usu ADJ n] A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic. □  …a shrink-wrapped chicken breast.

shriv|el /ʃr I v ^ə l/ (shrivels , shrivelling , shrivelled ) in AM, use shriveling , shriveled VERB When something shrivels or when something shrivels it, it becomes dryer and smaller, often with lines in its surface, as a result of losing the water it contains. □ [V ] The plant shrivels and dies. □ [V n] …dry weather that shrivelled this summer's crops. ● PHRASAL VERB Shrivel up means the same as shrivel . □ [V P ] The leaves started to shrivel up. ●  shriv|elled ADJ □  It looked old and shrivelled.

shroud /ʃraʊ d/ (shrouds , shrouding , shrouded )

1 N‑COUNT A shroud is a cloth which is used for wrapping a dead body.

2 N‑COUNT You can refer to something that surrounds an object or situation as a shroud of something. □ [+ of ] …a parked car huddled under a shroud of grey snow. □ [+ of ] Ministers are as keen as ever to wrap their activities in a shroud of secrecy.

3 VERB If something has been shrouded in mystery or secrecy, very little information about it has been made available. □ [be V -ed + in ] For years the teaching of acting has been shrouded in mystery. □ [V n] …the secrecy which has shrouded the whole affair.

4 VERB If darkness, fog, or smoke shrouds an area, it covers it so that it is difficult to see. □ [V n] Mist shrouded the outline of Buckingham Palace.

Shrove Tues|day /ʃroʊ v tjuː zde I , [AM ] tuː z-/ N‑UNCOUNT Shrove Tuesday is the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. People traditionally eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday.

shrub /ʃrʌ b/ (shrubs ) N‑COUNT Shrubs are plants that have several woody stems. □  …flowering shrubs.

shrub|bery /ʃrʌ bəri/ (shrubberies )

1 N‑COUNT A shrubbery is a part of a garden where a lot of shrubs are growing. [BRIT ]

2 N‑UNCOUNT You can refer to a lot of shrubs or to shrubs in general as shrubbery .