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{
"term": "shrink",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "shrink",
"heSheIt": "shrinks"
},
"pastSimple": "shrank",
"pastParticiple": "shrunk",
"ingForm": "shrinking"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to become smaller, especially when washed in water that is too hot; to make clothes, cloth, etc. smaller in this way",
"sensetop": "shrink (something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "My sweater shrank in the wash."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to become or to make something smaller in size or amount",
"sensetop": "shrink something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The tumour had shrunk to the size of a pea."
},
{
"text": "The market for their products is shrinking."
},
{
"text": "The internet in a sense has shrunk the world.",
"contextForm": "shrink something"
},
{
"text": "Households have been shrinking in size but increasing in number."
},
{
"text": "Their profits shrank by 4% last year."
},
{
"text": "Their share of the market has shrunk from 14% to 5%."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["considerably", "dramatically", "significantly"],
"preposition": ["by", "from", "to"],
"phrases": ["shrink in size"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to move back or away from something because you are frightened or shocked",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He shrank back against the wall as he heard them approaching."
},
{
"text": "I shrank back into the shadows."
},
{
"text": "She shrank back in terror."
},
{
"text": "She shrank from his touch."
}
],
"synonyms": "cower",
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["a little", "visibly", "instinctively"],
"verb + shrink": ["try to"],
"preposition": ["against", "in", "into"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a very shy person",
"labels": "(humorous)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃrɪŋk/",
"audio": "sh/shrink/shrink__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃrɪŋks/",
"audio": "sh/shrink/shrinks__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃræŋk/",
"audio": "sh/shrink/shrank__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃrʌŋk/",
"audio": "sh/shrink/shrunk__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ/",
"audio": "sh/shrink/shrinking__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃrɪŋk/",
"audio": "sh/shrink/shrink__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃrɪŋks/",
"audio": "sh/shrink/shrinks__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃræŋk/",
"audio": "sh/shrink/shrank__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃrʌŋk/",
"audio": "sh/shrink/shrunk__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ/",
"audio": "sh/shrink/shrinking__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English scrincan, of Germanic origin; related to Swedish skrynka ‘to wrinkle’."
}