shrink
To become smaller in size.
Meaning of «shrink»
verb
to become smaller in size
My favorite sweater will shrink if you wash it in hot water.
Translation
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«shrink» in 17 languages
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The difference between similar words
to become smaller or less
shrinkbecome smaller in size, like clothesMy sweater shrank in the wash.
dwindleget fewer slowly until almost nothing is leftOur money slowly dwindled over the winter.
Word family
Verb forms
Base form (V1)shrink
Past simple (V2)shrank / shrunk
Past participle (V3)shrunk
Base form (V1)
Wool can shrink in hot water.
Past simple (V2)
My shirt shrank after I washed it.
Past participle (V3)
The shirt has shrunk in the wash.