{
    "term": "shrink",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "shrink",
            "heSheIt": "shrinks"
        },
        "pastSimple": "shrank",
        "pastParticiple": "shrunk",
        "ingForm": "shrinking"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to become smaller, especially when washed in water that is too hot; to make clothes, cloth, etc. smaller in this way",
            "sensetop": "shrink (something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My sweater shrank in the wash."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to become or to make something smaller in size or amount",
            "sensetop": "shrink something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The tumour had shrunk to the size of a pea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The market for their products is shrinking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The internet in a sense has shrunk the world.",
                    "contextForm": "shrink something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Households have been shrinking in size but increasing in number."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their profits shrank by 4% last year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their share of the market has shrunk from 14% to 5%."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["considerably", "dramatically", "significantly"],
                "preposition": ["by", "from", "to"],
                "phrases": ["shrink in size"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to move back or away from something because you are frightened or shocked",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He shrank back against the wall as he heard them approaching."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I shrank back into the shadows."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She shrank back in terror."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She shrank from his touch."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "cower",
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["a little", "visibly", "instinctively"],
                "verb + shrink": ["try to"],
                "preposition": ["against", "in", "into"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a very shy person",
            "labels": "(humorous)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃrɪŋk/",
                "audio": "sh/shrink/shrink__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃrɪŋks/",
                "audio": "sh/shrink/shrinks__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃræŋk/",
                "audio": "sh/shrink/shrank__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃrʌŋk/",
                "audio": "sh/shrink/shrunk__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sh/shrink/shrinking__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃrɪŋk/",
                "audio": "sh/shrink/shrink__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃrɪŋks/",
                "audio": "sh/shrink/shrinks__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃræŋk/",
                "audio": "sh/shrink/shrank__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃrʌŋk/",
                "audio": "sh/shrink/shrunk__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sh/shrink/shrinking__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English scrincan, of Germanic origin; related to Swedish skrynka ‘to wrinkle’."
}