shrank in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for shrank in the English»Serbian Dictionary

shrank [ʃræŋk] VB trans, intr

shrank pt of shrink

See also shrink

I.shrink <shrank [or esp Am shrunk], shrunk [or Am also shrunken]> [ʃrɪŋk] VB intr

1. shrink (become smaller):

shrink

smanjiti se // smanjivati se

shrink sweater

skupiti se // skupljati se

2. shrink liter (cower):

shrink

pognuti se // poginjati se

shrink

skupiti se // skupljati se

to shrink at sth

uzmaknuti od nečega

3. shrink (pull back):

to shrink away

ustuknuti

4. shrink (show reluctance):

to shrink from [doing] sth

izbegavati nešto

to shrink from [doing] sth

uzdržavati se od nečega

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

shrink

smanjiti // smanjivati

shrink

suziti // sužavati

to shrink costs

smanjiti troškove

III.shrink [ʃrɪŋk] N inf

shrink

psihijatar m

I.shrink <shrank [or esp Am shrunk], shrunk [or Am also shrunken]> [ʃrɪŋk] VB intr

1. shrink (become smaller):

shrink

smanjiti se // smanjivati se

shrink sweater

skupiti se // skupljati se

2. shrink liter (cower):

shrink

pognuti se // poginjati se

shrink

skupiti se // skupljati se

to shrink at sth

uzmaknuti od nečega

3. shrink (pull back):

to shrink away

ustuknuti

4. shrink (show reluctance):

to shrink from [doing] sth

izbegavati nešto

to shrink from [doing] sth

uzdržavati se od nečega

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

shrink

smanjiti // smanjivati

shrink

suziti // sužavati

to shrink costs

smanjiti troškove

III.shrink [ʃrɪŋk] N inf

shrink

psihijatar m

non-'shrink ADJ

non-shrink material, clothing:

non-shrink

koji se ne skuplja

I.'shrink-wrap N

shrink-wrap

vakuumsko pakovanje nt

II.'shrink-wrap VB trans

to shrink-wrap food

vakuumirati hranu

to shrink-wrap a book

uviti knjigu plastičnom folijom

shrank Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to shrink-wrap food

vakuumirati hranu

to shrink-wrap a book

uviti knjigu plastičnom folijom

to shrink costs

smanjiti troškove

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The edges of the shield were bound with stitched rawhide, which shrank as it dried improving structural cohesion.

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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 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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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.

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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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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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The favoured size of the primary working unit progressively 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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Year, after year, though, as advances came in mechanization, rationalization and automation, the number of quarrymen and quarrywomen shrank.

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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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