"shrank" meaning in English

See shrank in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʃɹæŋk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-shrank.wav , En-us-shrank.ogg Forms: shranks [plural], schrank [alternative]
enPR: shrăngk Rhymes: -æŋk Etymology: From Pennsylvania German; cognate to German Schrank. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|pdc|-}} Pennsylvania German, {{cog|de|Schrank}} German Schrank Head templates: {{en-noun}} shrank (plural shranks)
  1. (US, Pennsylvania Dutch English) A large highly decorative German/Dutch-style piece of furniture, which combines aspects of a clothing wardrobe, curio, and cabinet. Tags: Dutch, English, Pennsylvania, US Translations (A decorative wooden wardrobe): shrank (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-shrank-en-noun-She4Dv~b Categories (other): American English, Pennsylvania Dutch English, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 86 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ʃɹæŋk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-shrank.wav , En-us-shrank.ogg
enPR: shrăngk Rhymes: -æŋk Etymology: See shrink Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} shrank
  1. simple past of shrink Tags: form-of, past Form of: shrink
    Sense id: en-shrank-en-verb-ca4-rCi-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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