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For the verb: "to shrink"

Simple Past:	shrank, shrunk
Past Participle:	shrunk

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

shrink

1. transitive verb faire rétrécir (fabric);
   contracter (wood).

2. intransitive verb
   1. (fabric) rétrécir;
      (timber) se contracter;
      (dough, meat) réduire;
      (sales) être en recul;
      (resources) s'amenuiser;
      (old person, body) se tasser;
   2. to ~ from se dérober devant (conflict, responsibility);
      to ~ from doing hésiter à faire.

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'shrink' found in these entries:

English:

shrink-wrap

French:

psy - rapetisser - réduire - rétrécir - tasser

shrink: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

shrink	(psychoanalyst, therapist) slang	nmf	psy (psychiatre, psychanalyste)
shrink	(draw back)	vi	se dérober ⇒
shrink	(draw back)	vi	se soustraire à (éviter)
shrink	(get smaller)	vi	rétrécir ⇒ (devenir plus petit)
shrink	(in water)	vi	rétrécir ⇒ (dans l'eau)
shrink	(contract)	vpr	se contracter ⇒ figuré
shrink	(make smaller)	vtr	rétrécir ⇒ (resserrer, contracter)
Compound Forms/Formes composées
not shrink from			ne pas se dérober devant
shrink back (figurative)			reculer (figuré)
shrink back		v	reculer ⇒
shrink from (shrink back from doing)			hésiter à faire
shrink from (a responsibility)		v	se dérober devant (une responsabilité)
shrink-wrap			film plastique
shrink-wrap		v tr	thermo sceller
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'shrink wrapped'
don't want my hair to shrink up
EN: He was afraid they might shrink - grammaire
Shrink
shrink / stretch
Shrink Slang
Shrink Wrap
shrink-wrap
Shrink/fall
to become shorter / to shrink
to shrink
to shrink out of all remote channels
to shrink-copy

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