shrink (/ʃrɪŋk/)
verb · Intermediate · Common Verbs
🔊 /ʃrɪŋk/
Meaning
Meaning: become smaller
To become smaller in size, especially clothes after washing.
Examples
🗣 My jumper shrank in the wash.
Etymology
From Old English ‘scrincan’ (to shrivel, contract).
How & Where It’s Used
Common for clothes and amounts; past tense ‘shrank’.
Tags: home, clothes