亚洲网紅露点

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shrink

[ shringk ]

verb (used without object)

shrank or, often, shrunk shrunk or shrunken shrinking.
  1. to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance:

    to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. to contract or lessen in size, as from exposure to conditions of temperature or moisture:

    This cloth will not shrink if washed in lukewarm water.

  3. to become reduced in extent or scope.

    Antonyms:



verb (used with object)

shrank or, often, shrunk shrunk or shrunken shrinking.
  1. to cause to shrink or contract; reduce.
  2. Textiles. to cause (a fabric) to contract during finishing, thus preventing shrinkage, during laundering, of the garments made from it.

noun

  1. an act or instance of shrinking.
  2. a shrinking movement.
  3. shrinkage.
  4. Also Also called head shrinker. Slang. a psychotherapist, psychiatrist, or psychoanalyst.

shrink

/ 蕛谤瑟艐办 /

verb

  1. to contract or cause to contract as from wetness, heat, cold, etc
  2. to become or cause to become smaller in size
  3. introften foll byfrom
    1. to recoil or withdraw

      to shrink from the sight of blood

    2. to feel great reluctance (at)

      to shrink from killing an animal

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act or an instance of shrinking
  2. slang.
    a psychiatrist
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉丑谤颈苍办颈苍驳濒测, adverb
  • 藞蝉丑谤颈苍办颈苍驳, adjective
  • 藞蝉丑谤颈苍办补产濒别, adjective
  • 藞蝉丑谤颈苍办别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉丑谤颈苍办顎僡路产濒别 adjective
  • 蝉丑谤颈苍办顎僫苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • non路蝉丑谤颈苍办顎僡路产濒别 adjective
  • 苍辞苍路蝉丑谤颈苍办顎僫苍驳 adjective
  • non路蝉丑谤颈苍办顎僫苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 辞顎卾别谤路蝉丑谤颈苍办顎 verb overshrank or, often, overshrunk overshrunk or overshrunken overshrinking
  • un路蝉丑谤颈苍办顎僡路产濒别 adjective
  • 耻苍路蝉丑谤颈苍办顎僫苍驳 adjective
  • un路蝉丑谤颈苍办顎僫苍驳路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of shrink1

First recorded before 900, and in 1955鈥60 shrink fordef 9; Middle English schrinken, Old English scrincan; cognate with Middle Dutch schrinken, Swedish skrynka 鈥渢o shrink,鈥 Norwegian skrukka 鈥渙ld shrunken woman鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of shrink1

Old English scrincan; related to Old Norse skrokkr torso, Old Swedish skrunkin wrinkled, Old Norse hrukka a crease, Icelandic skrukka wrinkled woman
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Synonym Study

See wince 1. See decrease.
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Example Sentences

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Efforts to shrink the size of government are well underway.

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Of those polled by Pew, 59% of respondents found that Trump鈥檚 team had been 鈥渃areless鈥 in its campaign to shrink the size of government.

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The Federal Reserve Bank, along with economic experts, warn Trump's plan will shrink economic growth and possibly lead to a recession.

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Wallets are continually getting hit as the value of the dollar shrinks due to inflation.

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That I had to shrink, impress or overachieve to deserve it.

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