shrink

Pronúncia: ʃrɪŋk
    transitive verb [preterite shrank, past participle shrunk]
  1. fer encongir.
  2. to shrink a part on Technical muntar una peça en calent.
    3. intransitive verb
  3. encongir-se.
  4. [quantity] disminuir, quedar reduït.
  5. to shrink in the wash encongir-se quan es renta.
  6. «will not shrink» «no s'encongeix», «inencongible».
  7. to shrink away to nothing quedar reduït a no res.

  8. to shrink (away / back) fer-se enrere (from davant de), acovardir-se.
  9. I shrink from doing it no goso fer-ho, no m'atreveixo a fer-ho.