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shrank [ʃræŋk] VB trans, intr

shrank pt of shrink

See also shrink

I . shrink [ʃrɪŋk] N inf

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

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

1. shrink (become smaller):

I . shrink [ʃrɪŋk] N inf

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

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

1. shrink (become smaller):

non-shrink [ˌnɒnˈʃrɪŋk] ADJ

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The edges of the shield were bound with stitched rawhide, which shrank as it dried improving structural cohesion.
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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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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 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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The construction sector shrank by 46.8% during the first 3 quarters of 2009 and the slump in retail trade was almost 30%.
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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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The favoured size of the primary working unit progressively shrank.
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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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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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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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