Definition of "shrank" []

• A past tense of shrink. (verb)

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• "She dropped to 149 pounds over time and shrank from a size 28 to a size 8."
• "Her own loyalty was threatening to weaken, and she shuddered and shrank from the contempt she could see creeping in."
• "That he afterward shrank from the pursuit of perfection seems inarguable."