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Shrink
noun
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- (បច្ចេកទេស) កាន់តែតូចទៅៗ
verb — past tense: Shrank ; past participle: Shrunk ; present participle: Shrinking ; 3rd person singular present Shrinks
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- (INTRANSITIVE) (To contract, to lessen, to draw back in fear) រួម, រួញ, ធ្វើអោយតូច, ខ្លីចុះ, ស្រពោន, clothes shrink រួញខ្លី, រួមស្វិត, shrink from responsibility គេច
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- (TRANSITIVE) (to cause to shrink) ធ្វើអោយរួញ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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- The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.
verb — past 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.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To draw back; to withdraw.
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- cringe, flinch, recoil, wince, dwindle, lesson, reduce, shrivel