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shrench, v.¹ meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the verb shrench is in the Old English period (pre-1150). shrench is a word inherited from Germanic. See etymology ...
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shrench, v.² meanings, etymology and more
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb shrench. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is now obsolete.
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shrenchen - Middle English Compendium - University of Michigan
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses) ... Note: Cp. shrinken v. ... 1. To cause (sth.) to shrivel with heat, cause to burn. Show 2 Quotations Hide ...
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shrench
▪ I. † shrench, v.1 Obs. Also 2–3 screnche, 3 schrenche, Ormin scr-, skrennkenn, 4 chrenche. [OE. screncan = (M)LG. schrenken to place crosswise, MDu. schrencken to ensnare, hinder, deceive, OHG. screnchan, screnken to lay crosswise, deceive (MHG. schrenken, G. schränken):—prehistoric *skraŋkjan. Fr...
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Shrink - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
Middle English shrinken, from Old English scrincan "to draw in the limbs, contract spontaneously, shrivel up; wither (through death, age, disease, etc.) ...
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SHRINK Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1 ... to contract or curl up the body or part of it : huddle, cower ... 2 ... a ... to contract to less extent or compass ... b ... to become smaller or more compacted ... c.
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shrink
▪ I. shrink, n. [f. shrink v.] 1. a. An act of shrinking, flinching, cowering, etc.: † a shrug.1590 Sir J. Smythe Disc. Weapons 23 b, After the first shrinck at the entring of the bullett. 1594 Daniel Cleopatra (Bang) 1729 Not a yeilding shrinke, or touch of feare Consents now to bewray least sence ...
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a shrink - OWAD - One Word A Day
Shrink is short for head-shrinker, which originally referred to the Jivaro Indian group that lives in parts of Ecuador and Peru.
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shrenchen - Middle English Compendium - University of Michigan
shrenchen v.(1) Also chrenche, (early) shrenche, screnche, (Orm.) scrennkenn, skrennkenn; p. (early) shrenchte, shrencte.
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SHRINK definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
5 senses: 1. to contract or cause to contract as from wetness, heat, cold, etc 2. to become or cause to become smaller in size.
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shrink - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(intransitive) To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust. Synonyms. edit. (avoid an unwanted task): funk, shirk; (withdraw ...
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