shrink
C1UK /ʃrɪŋk/US /ʃrɪŋk/
Meaning
verb
to become smaller, especially when washed in water that is too hot; to make clothes, cloth, etc. smaller in this way
“My sweater shrank in the wash.”
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“last and whose reputations grow rather than shrink with passing time they spend most of their time building piece by piece builders are comfortable in the belief that their life's work will”
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last and whose reputations grow rather than shrink with passing time they spend most of their time building piece by piece builders are comfortable in the belief that their life's work will
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