Plural of shrink
regular plural
The plural of shrink is shrinks.
Forms of shrink
| Singular | shrink /ˈʃɹɪŋk/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | shrinks |
| Countable | usually uncountable |
Shrinks in a sentence
- As the wildebeest shrinks, the circle of sated birds lounging in the short grass expands.2015 December, Elizabeth Royte, “Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them.”, in National Geographic, archived from the…. From the entry crop
- Income inequality usually shrinks during a recession, but in the Great Recession, it didn’t.2011 July 25, Don Peck, “Can the Middle Class Be Saved?”, in The Atlantic. From the entry Great Recession
- In such information systems, the period of a debt instrument shrinks to nano-seconds.2010, G[ale] A[lden] Swanson, “An Analysis of the Imbursement of Currency in a Debt-based Money-information System”, in David [B.]…. From the entry imburse
- Skin the fish before cooking since the skin shrinks as it cooks and misshapens the fillets.1997, Kay Pastorius, Cruising Cuisine: Fresh Food From the Galley, Camden, Me.: International Marine, a division of The McGraw-Hill…. From the entry misshapen
- But it seemed to have left her vocabulary, which shrinks like her poor spine.1993, Margaret Helen Young, Fringe Kitchens, Davis, Calif.: University of California, Davis, →OCLC, page 169. From the entry chocolatoholic
Meaning of shrink
- verb To cause to become smaller.
- verb To become smaller; to contract.
- verb To cower or flinch.
Questions about the plural of shrink
- What is the plural of shrink?
- The plural of shrink is shrinks.
- Is shrink countable?
- Shrink is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shrink (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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