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to shrink
01
(of clothes or fabric) to become smaller when washed with hot water
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
shrink
3rd person singular
shrinks
Present participle
shrinking
Past simple
shrank
Past participle
shrunk
02
to decrease in size or volume
Intransitive
03
to pull back or show hesitation due to fear, aversion, or reluctance
Intransitive
Shrink
01
a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
Informal
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Human
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
shrinks
Lexical Tree
shrinking
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