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"ref": "2008 October, David Schipper, “Outsmart your stomach: Seven ways to fill your gut—and lose it, too”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 135:",
"text": "The bottom line is this: To shrink your gut, you need to start listening to it.",
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"code": "af",
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"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "krimp"
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "qallaṣa",
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"word": "قَلَّصَ"
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"roman": "namaljavam",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "намалявам"
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"roman": "svivam",
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"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "encongir"
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{
"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "krimpen"
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"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "etigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "kutistaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "rétrécir"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "faire rétrécir"
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{
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "rapetisser"
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"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "diminuer"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "schrumpfen"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "abnehmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "syrriknóno",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "συρρικνώνω"
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{
"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kivéts",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "כיווץ"
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"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
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"roman": "hiktín",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "הקטין"
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"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "crap"
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{
"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "rimpiccolirsi"
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{
"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"alt": "ちじめる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chijimeru",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "縮める"
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"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"alt": "しゅくしょうする",
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"roman": "shukushō suru",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "縮小する"
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"alt": "たんしゅくする",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "短縮する"
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"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "ko",
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"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "움츠러들이다"
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"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
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"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "minuo"
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"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "diminuo"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "pīngongo"
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"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "schrynken"
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"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "rap'tichi"
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "krympe"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "encolher"
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"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "micșora"
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{
"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umenʹšátʹ",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
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"word": "уменьша́ть"
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"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
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"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
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"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
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"roman": "sžimátʹ",
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"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
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"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
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"word": "сжать"
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{
"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "encoger"
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{
"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "mermar"
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{
"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "contraer"
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{
"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "jibarizar"
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{
"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "krympa"
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"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "küçültmek"
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"_dis1": "87 1 1 4 1 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "transitive: to cause something to shrink",
"word": "ufaltmak"
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"text": "This garment will shrink when wet.",
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"ref": "1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:",
"text": "I have not found that water, by mixture of ashes, will shrink or draw into less room.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):",
"text": "And shrink like parchment in consuming fire.",
"type": "quote"
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{
"ref": "2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns:",
"text": "Since 1982, it has shrunk by 250 meters.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 52:",
"text": "When they took over the 1000 'Flying Scotsman' from May 1979, the journey from London to Edinburgh shrank to just 4hrs 37mins - including a stop at Newcastle.",
"type": "quote"
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"To become smaller; to contract."
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"(intransitive) To become smaller; to contract."
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"word": "تَقَلَّصَ"
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"word": "أَحْجَمَ"
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"word": "kiçilmək"
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"word": "свивам се"
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"roman": "sǎkraštavam se",
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"word": "съкращавам се"
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"word": "encongir-se"
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"word": "收縮"
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"word": "收缩"
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"word": "縮"
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"word": "縮水"
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"word": "缩水"
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"word": "smrštit se"
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"word": "zmenšit se"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "krympe"
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"word": "krympe sig"
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "krimpen"
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "slinken"
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "verschrompelen"
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"code": "egy",
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "etiĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "ŝrumpi"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "malkreskiĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "kutistua"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "se réduire"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "rétrécir"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "se resserrer"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "schrumpfen"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "bázo",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "μπάζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hitkavéts",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "התכווץ"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"note": "chiefly used in the present tense",
"roman": "katón",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "קטון"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "összemegy"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "összehúzódik"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "összezsugorodik"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "crap"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "restringersi"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "ritirarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"alt": "ちぢむ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chijimu",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "縮む"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"alt": "ちぢまる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chijimaru",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "縮まる"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "suchukhada",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "수축(收縮)하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "umcheureodeulda",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "움츠러들다"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "umcheureojida",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "움츠러지다"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "umcheurida",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "움츠리다"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "umchida",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "움치다"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "umchireojida",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "움치러지다"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "iti haere"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "schrynken"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "kurczyć się"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "encolher"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "contrair"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "micșora"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "contracta"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "diminua"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "intra la apă"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sžimátʹsja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сжима́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sžátʹsja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сжа́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sokraščátʹsja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сокраща́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sokratítʹsja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сократи́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umenʹšátʹsja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уменьша́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uménʹšitʹsja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уме́ньшиться"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "about wet clothes",
"roman": "sadítʹsja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сади́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "about wet clothes",
"roman": "sestʹ",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сесть"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "contraerse"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "encogerse"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "achicarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "krympa"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "keçeräyü"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "küçülmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "kiçelmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skoróčuvatysja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "скоро́чуватися"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skorotýtysja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "скороти́тися"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "styskátysja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стиска́тися"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stýskuvatysja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сти́скуватися"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stýsnutysja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сти́снутися"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zménšuvatysja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зме́ншуватися"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zménšytysja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зме́ншитися"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "lleihau"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 57 3 2 3 4",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "mynd yn llai"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "3 7 22 15 0 22 1 9 22",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Fear",
"orig": "en:Fear",
"parents": [
"Emotions",
"Mind",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cower or flinch."
],
"id": "en-shrink-en-verb-NPoOAW9C",
"links": [
[
"cower",
"cower"
],
[
"flinch",
"flinch"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To cower or flinch."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "7 2 67 10 3 11",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "andsitan",
"sense": "to cower",
"word": "𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 67 10 3 11",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mazévomai",
"sense": "to cower",
"word": "μαζεύομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 67 10 3 11",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "zaróno",
"sense": "to cower",
"word": "ζαρώνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 67 10 3 11",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apotraviémai",
"sense": "to cower",
"word": "αποτραβιέμαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 67 10 3 11",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cower",
"word": "eti"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 67 10 3 11",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cower",
"word": "kumu"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 67 10 3 11",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cower",
"word": "maopo"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 67 10 3 11",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to cower",
"word": "schrynken"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 67 10 3 11",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "pusmak",
"sense": "to cower",
"word": "پوصمق"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1629, John Milton, “On the Morning of Christs Nativity”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 10:",
"text": "The Libyc Hammon ſhrinks his horn,",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To draw back; to withdraw."
],
"id": "en-shrink-en-verb--Ag21PBF",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To draw back; to withdraw."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "12 6 24 20 5 5 10 11 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 9 25 21 4 6 8 15 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 6 25 28 3 4 6 10 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Gothic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 8 25 25 4 6 8 11 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 6 23 29 4 4 7 14 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 11 19 24 7 6 9 11 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: Printed for J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "What happier natures shrink at with affright, / The hard inhabitant contends is right.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1881, Benjamin Jowett, transl., Thucydides:",
"text": "They assisted us against the Thebans when you shrank from the task.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 169:",
"text": "The other patients in the ward, all but the Texan, shrank from him with a tenderhearted aversion from the moment they set eyes on him the morning after the night he had been sneaked in.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To withdraw or retire, as from danger."
],
"id": "en-shrink-en-verb-DFYtqu~V",
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"(intransitive, figuratively) To withdraw or retire, as from danger."
],
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{
"_dis1": "3 0 1 18 76 2",
"sense": "withdraw or retire, as from danger",
"word": "shrink back"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 0 1 18 76 2",
"sense": "withdraw or retire, as from danger",
"word": "retreat"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "3 7 22 15 0 22 1 9 22",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Fear",
"orig": "en:Fear",
"parents": [
"Emotions",
"Mind",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust."
],
"id": "en-shrink-en-verb-BQI16VMW",
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "13 1 3 7 2 73",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otdrǎpvam se",
"sense": "to move back because of fear or disgust",
"word": "отдръпвам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 1 3 7 2 73",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move back because of fear or disgust",
"word": "scheuen"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 1 3 7 2 73",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "apostéllomai",
"sense": "to move back because of fear or disgust",
"word": "ἀποστέλλομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 1 3 7 2 73",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move back because of fear or disgust",
"word": "eti"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 1 3 7 2 73",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move back because of fear or disgust",
"word": "maopo"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 1 3 7 2 73",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to move back because of fear or disgust",
"word": "schrynken"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 1 3 7 2 73",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move back because of fear or disgust",
"word": "rehuir"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃɹɪŋk/"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-shrink.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/En-au-shrink.ogg/En-au-shrink.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/En-au-shrink.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋk"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "15 16 21 13 17 18",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intransitive: to attempt to avoid an unwanted or intimidating duty",
"word": "luistaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 16 21 13 17 18",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intransitive: to attempt to avoid an unwanted or intimidating duty",
"word": "laistaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 16 21 13 17 18",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intransitive: to attempt to avoid an unwanted or intimidating duty",
"word": "luikkia"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 16 21 13 17 18",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "intransitive: to attempt to avoid an unwanted or intimidating duty",
"word": "sich drücken"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 16 21 13 17 18",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "loufáro",
"sense": "intransitive: to attempt to avoid an unwanted or intimidating duty",
"word": "λουφάρω"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 16 21 13 17 18",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "oknéō",
"sense": "intransitive: to attempt to avoid an unwanted or intimidating duty",
"word": "ὀκνέω"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 16 21 13 17 18",
"alt": "しりごみする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shirigomi suru",
"sense": "intransitive: to attempt to avoid an unwanted or intimidating duty",
"word": "尻込みする"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 16 21 13 17 18",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "umcheureojida",
"sense": "intransitive: to attempt to avoid an unwanted or intimidating duty",
"word": "움츠러지다"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 16 21 13 17 18",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "umcheurida",
"sense": "intransitive: to attempt to avoid an unwanted or intimidating duty",
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"word": "움츠리다"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 16 21 13 17 18",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "umcheureodeulda",
"sense": "intransitive: to attempt to avoid an unwanted or intimidating duty",
"word": "움츠러들다"
},
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"ref": "1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):",
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{
"ref": "2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns:",
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{
"ref": "2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 52:",
"text": "When they took over the 1000 'Flying Scotsman' from May 1979, the journey from London to Edinburgh shrank to just 4hrs 37mins - including a stop at Newcastle.",
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"ref": "1881, Benjamin Jowett, transl., Thucydides:",
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{
"ref": "1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 169:",
"text": "The other patients in the ward, all but the Texan, shrank from him with a tenderhearted aversion from the moment they set eyes on him the morning after the night he had been sneaked in.",
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"sense": "withdraw or retire, as from danger",
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"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "تَقَلَّصَ"
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{
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
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{
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "свивам се"
},
{
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
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{
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{
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "收縮"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "shōusuō",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
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{
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"word": "縮"
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{
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"word": "縮水"
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{
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
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{
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},
{
"code": "da",
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},
{
"code": "nl",
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"word": "krimpen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "slinken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
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},
{
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},
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{
"code": "eo",
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"word": "ŝrumpi"
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{
"code": "eo",
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "malkreskiĝi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "kutistua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "se réduire"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "rétrécir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "se resserrer"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "schrumpfen"
},
{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "μπάζω"
},
{
"code": "he",
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "התכווץ"
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{
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{
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"word": "összemegy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "crap"
},
{
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "restringersi"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "ritirarsi"
},
{
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "縮む"
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{
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "縮まる"
},
{
"code": "ko",
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "수축(收縮)하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "umcheureodeulda",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "움츠러들다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "umcheureojida",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "움츠러지다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "umcheurida",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "움츠리다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "umchida",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "움치다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "umchireojida",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "움치러지다"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "iti haere"
},
{
"code": "enm",
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"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "schrynken"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "kurczyć się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "encolher"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "contrair"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "micșora"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "contracta"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "diminua"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "intra la apă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sžimátʹsja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сжима́ться"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sžátʹsja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сжа́ться"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sokraščátʹsja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сокраща́ться"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sokratítʹsja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сократи́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umenʹšátʹsja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уменьша́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uménʹšitʹsja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уме́ньшиться"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "about wet clothes",
"roman": "sadítʹsja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сади́ться"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "about wet clothes",
"roman": "sestʹ",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сесть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "contraerse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "encogerse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "achicarse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "krympa"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "keçeräyü"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "küçülmek"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "kiçelmek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skoróčuvatysja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "скоро́чуватися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skorotýtysja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "скороти́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "styskátysja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стиска́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stýskuvatysja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сти́скуватися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stýsnutysja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сти́снутися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zménšuvatysja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зме́ншуватися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zménšytysja",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зме́ншитися"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "lleihau"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "intransitive: to contract, to become smaller",
"word": "mynd yn llai"
},
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"code": "af",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "ko",
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"code": "ko",
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "ko",
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling)",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"masculine"
],
"word": "loquero"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling)",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hjärnskrynklare"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling)",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"common-gender"
],
"word": "psykare"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling)",
"word": "deli doktoru"
}
],
"word": "shrink"
}
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