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1 shrink
I [ʃriŋk] verb1) (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?)2) (to move back in fear, disgust etc (from): She shrank (back) from the man.)3) (to wish to avoid something unpleasant: I shrank from telling him the terrible news.)•- shrunken II [ʃriŋk] noun((slang) a psychiatrist.)* * *shrink1[ʃriŋk] n encolhimento. • vt+vi (ps shrank, shrunk, pp shrunk, shrunken) 1 retrair, recolher, puxar para trás. 2 encolher, diminuir, contrair. 3 diminuir, fazer menor, fazer contrair. 4 recuar. to shrink at ter pavor de. to shrink back assustar-se, recuar. to shrink from evitar, retroceder diante de, recuar diante de.————————shrink2[ʃriŋk] n sl psiquiatra. -
2 shrink
I [ʃriŋk] verb1) (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?)2) (to move back in fear, disgust etc (from): She shrank (back) from the man.)3) (to wish to avoid something unpleasant: I shrank from telling him the terrible news.)•- shrunken II [ʃriŋk] noun((slang) a psychiatrist.) -
3 shrink
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4 non-shrink
non-shrink[nɔn ʃr'iŋk] adj diz-se de tecido que recebeu tratamento especial para não encolher. -
5 to shrink at
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6 to shrink back
to shrink backassustar-se, recuar. -
7 to shrink from
to shrink fromevitar, retroceder diante de, recuar diante de. -
8 shrinking violet
shrink.ing vi.o.let[ʃriŋkiŋ v'aiəlit] n pessoa tímida, acanhada. -
9 shrinking
shrink.ing[ʃr'iŋkiŋ] n contração, encolhimento. • adj retraído, acanhado. -
10 shrinkingly
shrink.ing.ly[ʃr'iŋkiŋli] adv retraidamente, acanhadamente. -
11 shrank
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12 shrunk
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13 cringe
[krin‹](to shrink back in fear, terror etc: The dog cringed when his cruel master raised his hand to strike him.) encolher-se* * *[krindʒ] n lisonja servil, bajulação, adulação. • vi 1 encolher-se (de medo, dor ou repugnância). 2 bajular, lisonjear servilmente (para obter favores). -
14 head shrinker
head shrink.er[h'ed ʃriŋkə] n coll psicanalista, psicoterapeuta ou psiquiatra. -
15 shrinkage
[-ki‹]noun (the act of shrinking, or the amount by which something shrinks.) encolhimento* * *shrink.age[ʃr'iŋkidʒ] n encolhimento, contração, diminuição, grau de encolhimento. -
16 unshrinkable
un.shrink.a.ble[∧nʃr'iŋkəbəl] adj que não encolhe. -
17 unshrinking
un.shrink.ing[∧nʃr'iŋkiŋ] adj 1 que não recua ou cede. 2 destemido, corajoso, intimorato, intrépido. -
18 cringe
[krin‹](to shrink back in fear, terror etc: The dog cringed when his cruel master raised his hand to strike him.) encolher-se -
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20 shrunk
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