shrink
/ˈʃɹɪŋk/ verbe B2En français : rétrécir, faire rétrécir, rapetisser, diminuer
- To cause to become smaller. · The dryer shrank my sweater.
- To become smaller; to contract. · This garment will shrink when wet.
- To cower or flinch. · Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip.
- To draw back; to withdraw.
- To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
- To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
He/she/it shrinks · Prétérit shrank · Participe passé shrunk · Forme en -ing shrinking
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- shrink
- He/she/it
- shrinks
- Prétérit
- shrank
- Participe passé
- shrunk
- Forme en -ing
- shrinking
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Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
Anne laid her hat and jacket away, and shrank miserably into a corner.
You shall live like a princess.” Poor Alice was so frightened that she shrunk away from him, but he caught her by the wrist and endeavoured to draw her towards the door.
But there, _she_ wouldn’t shrink from adopting a whole orphan asylum if she took it into her head.”
By the time they arrived at the house Matthew was shrinking from the approaching revelation with an energy he did not understand.
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