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shrinking

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  1. kurczenie się
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Irregular forms: shrank past tense (BrE), shrunk past tense (BrE), shrank past tense (AmE), shrunk past tense (AmE), shrunk past participle (BrE), shrunk past participle (AmE), shrunken past participle (AmE)
  1. kurczyć się (np. w praniu, od ciepła) [TRANSITIVE/INTRANSITIVE]
    to become smaller in size
    His pants shrank when he washed them.
    Don't wash woollens in a washing machine, because they will shrink.
    link synonyms: contract, shrink down
  2. zmniejszać się, kurczyć się, maleć [TRANSITIVE/INTRANSITIVE]
    Our band has shrunk almost to nothing.
    The tumor on her liver has shrunk.
    antonym: grow
  3. wzdrygać się (przed czymś), wycofywać się [INTRANSITIVE]
    I shrink from the sight of blood.
    She shrank from her task.