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shrank
(shrăngk)v.
A past tense of shrink.
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shrank
(ʃræŋk)vb
a past tense of shrink
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shrink
(ʃrɪŋk)v. shrank, often, shrunk; shrunk shrunk•en; shrink•ing; v.i.
1. to contract or lessen in size: cloth that shrinks if washed.
2. to become reduced in extent, compass, or value.
3. to draw back; recoil: to shrink from danger.
v.t. 4. to cause to shrink or contract; reduce.
5. preshrink.
n. 6. an act or instance of shrinking.
7. shrinkage.
8. Slang. a psychotherapist, psychiatrist, or psychoanalyst.
[before 900; Middle English schrinken, Old English scrincan, c. Middle Dutch schrinken, Swedish skrynka to shrink]
shrink′er,
n.
syn: See decrease.
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shrank
pret de shrinkshrank
; pp shrunk) (tumor, etc.) encoger( se), achicar(se)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.