"shrink" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

shrink verbo

shrink + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 8

shrink tumors • shrink government • shrink the Kids • shrink one's work force • shrink the size • ...

verbo + shrink

Kolokacji: 6

seem to shrink • begin to shrink • continue to shrink • cause to shrink • begin shrinking • ...

shrink + preposición

Kolokacji: 30

shrink from • shrink by • shrink into • shrink down • shrink to • ...

shrink + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 27

shrink away • shrink rapidly • shrink further • shrink dramatically • steadily shrink • ...

Kolokacji: 3

Grup znaczeniowych: 4

Kolokacji: 5

Kolokacji: 18

(3) considerably, substantially

Kolokacji: 2

(4) slightly, somewhat

Kolokacji: 2

1. shrink slightly = psychoanalityk nieznacznie shrink slightly

The boy said nothing, but he shrank slightly from the edge of the table.
The German economy shrank slightly in the last quarter of 2011.
The services trade deficit shrank slightly, to 2.9 billion dollars.
Your cake should now be golden brown and shrinking slightly from the sides.
The German economy actually shrank slightly in the fourth quarter of 1998.
The achievement gap for blacks also appeared to shrink slightly in the city.
She knew what she had to do, and shrank from him slightly.
Her idea was the hot wet cloth might shrink slightly as it dried.
Clara stood shrinking slightly from the touch of the wind, twisting her hair.
Japan's gross national product actually shrank slightly in the last three months of 1991 after the long economic boom.

2. shrink somewhat = psychoanalityk nieco shrink somewhat

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