shrink

verb/ẽkuˈʎɛɾ/medium

en·co·lher

Definition

To become or make smaller in size, volume, or extent; to contract.

The sweater shrank in the wash.

He shrank back in fear at the loud noise.

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Common collocations

shrink fromshrink awaymake shrink

Do latim 'in' + 'colligere' (recolher, juntar), através da forma 'incolligere'.