"shrink up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: shrinks up [present, singular, third-person], shrinking up [participle, present], shrank up [past], shrunk up [past], shrunk up [participle, past], shrunken up [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|shrink<,,shrank,shrunk> up|past2=shrunk up|past_ptc2=shrunken up}} shrink up (third-person singular simple present shrinks up, present participle shrinking up, simple past shrank up or shrunk up, past participle shrunk up or shrunken up)
  1. (intransitive) To contract or shrink completely; shrivel up. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-shrink_up-en-verb-rWatbomQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

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