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shrank: intransitive or transitive verb
shrink: I. transitive verb II. intransitive verb
shrink-wrap: transitive verb

shrank [ʃræŋk] VB trans, intr

shrank pt of:

See also shrink

I . shrink <shrank [or Am: shrunk], shrunk [or Am: shrunken] > [ʃrɪŋk] VB trans

II . shrink <shrank [or Am: shrunk], shrunk [or Am: shrunken] > [ʃrɪŋk] VB intr

1. shrink (become smaller):

2. shrink (be reluctant to):

to shrink from (doing) sth

esquivar-se de (fazer) a. c.

I . shrink <shrank [or Am: shrunk], shrunk [or Am: shrunken] > [ʃrɪŋk] VB trans

II . shrink <shrank [or Am: shrunk], shrunk [or Am: shrunken] > [ʃrɪŋk] VB intr

1. shrink (become smaller):

2. shrink (be reluctant to):

to shrink from (doing) sth

esquivar-se de (fazer) a. c.

shrink-wrap VB trans

shrink-wrap

embalar com filme plástico

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Amazingly, after two nights of sleep normality, my little toe promptly shrank back to a normal size, with nearly all the redness and pain gone. www.dailymail.co.uk

The construction sector shrank by 46.8% during the first 3 quarters of 2009 and the slump in retail trade was almost 30%. en.wikipedia.org

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

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

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

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

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. en.wikipedia.org

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

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

The favoured size of the primary working unit progressively shrank. en.wikipedia.org

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