shrink

shrink
I ʃriŋk verb
1) (to (cause material, clothes etc to) become smaller: My jersey shrank in the wash; Do they shrink the material before they make it up into clothes?) encoger
2) (to move back in fear, disgust etc (from): She shrank (back) from the man.) retroceder, echarse atrás
3) (to wish to avoid something unpleasant: I shrank from telling him the terrible news.) esquivar
•
- shrunken
II ʃriŋk noun
((slang) a psychiatrist.) psiquiatra, loquero
shrink vb encoger
the jumper shrank when I washed it el jersey se encogió cuando lo lavé
El pasado de shrink es shrank y el participio pasado es shrunk
shrink
tr[ʃrɪŋk]
transitive verb (pt shrank tr[ʃræŋk] , pp shrunk tr[ʃrʌŋk] )
1 (clothes etc) encoger
intransitive verb
1 (clothes) encoger, encogerse; (meat) achicarse, reducirse
■ my jumper's shrunk mi jersey (se) ha encogido
2 (savings, numbers, profits, etc) disminuir, reducirse
3 (move back) retroceder, echarse atrás
noun
1 familiar (psychiatrist) psiquiatra nombre masulino o femenino, loquero,-a
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to shrink from doing something no tener valor para hacer algo, acobardarse ante algo
shrink ['ʃrɪŋk] vi, shrank ['ʃræŋk] ; shrunk ['ʃrʌŋk] or shrunken ['ʃrʌŋkə n] ; shrinking
1) recoil: retroceder
he shrank back: se echó para atrás
2) : encogerse (dícese de la ropa)
shrink
n.
• encogimiento s.m.
v.
(§ p.,p.p.: shrank, shrunk) = achicarse v.
• acobardarse v.
• acortarse v.
• arrugarse v.
• contraerse v.
(§pres: -traigo, -traes...) pret: -traj-•)
• disminuirse v.
• encogerse v.
• mermarse v.
• minorarse v.
• rehuirse v.
• retirarse v.
• revenirse v.
(§pres: -vengo, -vienes...-venimos) pret: -vin-
fut: -vendr-•)

I
1. ʃrɪŋk
(past shrank or shrunk; past p shrunk or shrunken) intransitive verb
1) (diminish in size) \<\<clothes/fabric\>\> encoger(se)*; \<\<meat\>\> achicarse*; \<\<wood/metal\>\> contraerse*; \<\<area\>\> reducirse*, verse* reducido (frml); \<\<amount/number\>\> reducirse*, disminuir*; \<\<person\>\> achicarse*
2) (recoil) retroceder, recular (fam)

to shrink back o away from something/somebody — echarse atrás or retroceder ante algo/alguien

to shrink FROM something/-ING: I will not shrink from the truth no me voy a acobardar ante la verdad; he will not shrink from doing his duty — no rehuirá cumplir con su obligación


2.
vt \<\<clothes/fabric\>\> encoger*; \<\<costs\>\> reducir*, recortar

II
noun (colloq) loquero, -ra m,f (fam), psiquiatra mf
[ʃrɪŋk] (pt shrank) (pp shrunk)
1. VI
1) (=get smaller) encogerse

to shrink in the wash — encogerse al lavar

will not shrink — no se encoge, inencogible

to shrink away to nothing — reducirse a nada, desaparecer

2) (also: shrink away, shrink back) retroceder, echar marcha atrás

I shrink from doing it — no me atrevo a hacerlo

he did not shrink from touching it — no vaciló en tocarlo

2.
VT encoger

to shrink a part on — (Tech) montar una pieza en caliente

3.
N ** (=psychiatrist) psiquiatra mf
4.
CPD

shrink wrap — = shrink-wrap

* * *

I
1. [ʃrɪŋk]
(past shrank or shrunk; past p shrunk or shrunken) intransitive verb
1) (diminish in size) \<\<clothes/fabric\>\> encoger(se)*; \<\<meat\>\> achicarse*; \<\<wood/metal\>\> contraerse*; \<\<area\>\> reducirse*, verse* reducido (frml); \<\<amount/number\>\> reducirse*, disminuir*; \<\<person\>\> achicarse*
2) (recoil) retroceder, recular (fam)

to shrink back o away from something/somebody — echarse atrás or retroceder ante algo/alguien

to shrink FROM something/-ING: I will not shrink from the truth no me voy a acobardar ante la verdad; he will not shrink from doing his duty — no rehuirá cumplir con su obligación


2.
vt \<\<clothes/fabric\>\> encoger*; \<\<costs\>\> reducir*, recortar

II
noun (colloq) loquero, -ra m,f (fam), psiquiatra mf

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