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Shrink



noun
1.
(បច្ចេកទេស) កាន់តែតូចទៅៗ
verbpast tense: Shrank ; past participle: Shrunk ; present participle: Shrinking ; 3rd person singular present Shrinks
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) (To contract, to lessen, to draw back in fear) រួម, រួញ, ធ្វើអោយតូច, ខ្លីចុះ, ស្រពោន, clothes shrink រួញខ្លី, រួមស្វិត, shrink from responsibility គេច
2.
(TRANSITIVE) (to cause to shrink) ធ្វើអោយរួញ
  • shrink back
    - រួញខ្លួន, រាថយ
  • shrink from
    - ប្រឈមឬទទួលយកដោយអចេតនា
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.
verbpast tense: Shrank ; past participle: Shrunk ; present participle: Shrinking ; 3rd person singular present Shrinks
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted.
2.
(INTRANSITIVE) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress.
3.
(INTRANSITIVE) To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake.
4.
(TRANSITIVE) To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water.
5.
(TRANSITIVE) To draw back; to withdraw.
1.
cringe, flinch, recoil, wince, dwindle, lesson, reduce, shrivel