shrank in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for shrank in the English»French Dictionary

shrank [Brit ʃraŋk, Am ʃræŋk] VB pt

shrank → shrink

See also shrink

I.shrink [Brit ʃrɪŋk, Am ʃrɪŋk] N inf

1. shrink:

shrink

psychanalyste mf

2. shrink (psychiatrist):

shrink

psy mf inf

shrink

psychiatre mf

II.shrink <pret shrank; pp shrunk or shrunken> [Brit ʃrɪŋk, Am ʃrɪŋk] VB trans

shrink

faire rétrécir

shrink

contracter

shrink ANTHROPOL head

réduire

III.shrink <pret shrank, pp shrunk or shrunken> [Brit ʃrɪŋk, Am ʃrɪŋk] VB intr

1. shrink:

shrink fabric:

rétrécir

shrink timber:

se contracter

shrink piece of dough, meat:

réduire

shrink forest, area of land:

reculer

shrink boundaries:

se rapprocher

shrink economy, sales:

être en recul

shrink resources, funds:

s'amenuiser

shrink old person, body:

se tasser

the staff has shrunk from 200 to 50

les effectifs sont tombés de 200 à 50

to have shrunk to nothing team, household:

être quasiment réduit à néant

to have shrunk to nothing person:

n'avoir plus que la peau sur les os

2. shrink (recoil):

shrink (physically)

reculer

to shrink from conflict, responsibility

se dérober devant

to shrink from doing

hésiter à faire

he didn't shrink from the task

il n'a pas rechigné à la tâche

I.shrink [Brit ʃrɪŋk, Am ʃrɪŋk] N inf

1. shrink:

shrink

psychanalyste mf

2. shrink (psychiatrist):

shrink

psy mf inf

shrink

psychiatre mf

II.shrink <pret shrank; pp shrunk or shrunken> [Brit ʃrɪŋk, Am ʃrɪŋk] VB trans

shrink

faire rétrécir

shrink

contracter

shrink ANTHROPOL head

réduire

III.shrink <pret shrank, pp shrunk or shrunken> [Brit ʃrɪŋk, Am ʃrɪŋk] VB intr

1. shrink:

shrink fabric:

rétrécir

shrink timber:

se contracter

shrink piece of dough, meat:

réduire

shrink forest, area of land:

reculer

shrink boundaries:

se rapprocher

shrink economy, sales:

être en recul

shrink resources, funds:

s'amenuiser

shrink old person, body:

se tasser

the staff has shrunk from 200 to 50

les effectifs sont tombés de 200 à 50

to have shrunk to nothing team, household:

être quasiment réduit à néant

to have shrunk to nothing person:

n'avoir plus que la peau sur les os

2. shrink (recoil):

shrink (physically)

reculer

to shrink from conflict, responsibility

se dérober devant

to shrink from doing

hésiter à faire

he didn't shrink from the task

il n'a pas rechigné à la tâche

I.shrink-wrap [Brit ˈʃrɪŋkrap, Am ˈʃrɪŋkˌræp] N

shrink-wrap

film m plastique (thermo-rétractable)

II.shrink-wrap <pres part shrink-wrapping; pret, pp shrink-wrapped> [Brit ˈʃrɪŋkrap, Am ˈʃrɪŋkˌræp] VB trans

shrink-wrap food:

shrink-wrap

emballer [qc] sous film plastique, pré-emballer

shrink back VB [Brit ʃrɪŋk -, Am ʃrɪŋk -]

shrink back

reculer

to shrink back in horror

reculer d'horreur

Translations for shrank in the French»English Dictionary

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psy

shrink inf

frette (qui se pose à chaud)

shrink ring

rapetisser vêtement:

to shrink

rapetisser personne:

to shrink, to get shorter

se rapetisser

to shrink, to get shorter

rétrécir lavage:

to shrink

rétrécir

to shrink (de by)

ne rétrécit pas au lavage

does not shrink in the wash

se rétrécir cercle de fidèles:

to shrink

divan inf

(shrink's) couch

se restreindre production, revenus, territoire:

to shrink

shrank in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for shrank in the English»French Dictionary

shrank [ʃræŋk] VB

shrank pt of shrink

See also shrink

I.shrink [ʃrɪŋk] N inf

shrink

psy mf

II.shrink <shrank [or Am shrunk], shrunk [or a. Am shrunken]> [ʃrɪŋk] VB trans

shrink sweater

faire rétrécir

shrink costs

réduire

III.shrink <shrank [or Am shrunk], shrunk [or a. Am shrunken]> [ʃrɪŋk] VB intr

1. shrink (become smaller):

shrink sweater

rétrécir

shrink number, audience

se réduire

shrink profits

chuter

2. shrink (be reluctant to):

to shrink from doing sth

être réticent à faire qc

I.shrink [ʃrɪŋk] N inf

shrink

psy mf

II.shrink <shrank [or Am shrunk], shrunk [or a. Am shrunken]> [ʃrɪŋk] VB trans

shrink sweater

faire rétrécir

shrink costs

réduire

III.shrink <shrank [or Am shrunk], shrunk [or a. Am shrunken]> [ʃrɪŋk] VB intr

1. shrink (become smaller):

shrink sweater

rétrécir

shrink number, audience

se réduire

shrink profits

chuter

2. shrink (be reluctant to):

to shrink from doing sth

être réticent à faire qc

non-shrink ADJ

non-shrink

irrétrécissable

I.shrink-wrap [ˈʃrɪŋkræp] N

shrink-wrap

film m plastique (thermoformé)

II.shrink-wrap [ˈʃrɪŋkræp] VB trans

shrink-wrap food, book:

shrink-wrap

emballer sous film plastique (thermoformé)

Translations for shrank in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

psy

shrink

rétrécir

to shrink

le pull a rétréci au lavage

the sweater shrank in the wash

raccourcir vêtement

to shrink

se recroqueviller

to shrink

bouger tissu

to shrink

reculer

to shrink back

shrank Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to shrink from doing sth

être réticent à faire qc

the sweater shrank in the wash

le pull a rétréci au lavage

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Immediately after the depression of the 1890s, the population shrank to half this size, but recovered by mid the 1950s almost to its peak level.

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Year, after year, though, as advances came in mechanization, rationalization and automation, the number of quarrymen and quarrywomen shrank.

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As the standing rows on the entire northern, the lower eastern and the lower western grandstands were converted into seats, the capacity shrank to 42,800.

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The 1973 oil crisis, however, put the brakes on this ambitious expansion when the demand for fuel-hungry sports cars shrank.

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The favoured size of the primary working unit progressively shrank.

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He stirred the proletariat to unworthy acts beyond the law; although he nobly shrank from the excess, he accepted the results.

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He used much of these surpluses to pay down the national debt, which shrank from $63 million in 1853 to $25 million in 1857.

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They opted for the cash payout, a total of $123 million, which shrank to just shy of $84 million after taxes.

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The sovereigns who had made him duke and grandee shrank from covering themselves with ridicule by revealing the way in which they had been deceived.

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Such loans soon shrank to a pittance as double-digit inflation raged, while leaving deposit owners with mere remnants of their savings.

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