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preshrink

preshrink verb: to shrink in advance, before sale, in order to ensure better fit.

Verb

preshrink (third-person singular simple present preshrinks, present participle preshrinking, simple past preshrank or preshrunk, past participle preshrunk or preshrunken)

  1. (transitive) To shrink in advance, before sale, in order to ensure better fit.

Forms of preshrink

third-person singular presentpreshrinks
present participlepreshrinking
pastpreshrank
pastpreshrunk
past participlepreshrunk
past participlepreshrunken

Origin of preshrink

From pre- + shrink.

Questions about preshrink

What does preshrink mean?
Preshrink means to shrink in advance, before sale, in order to ensure better fit.
What part of speech is preshrink?
Preshrink is a verb.
What is the past tense of preshrink?
The past tense of preshrink is preshrank.

Words near preshrink in the dictionary

  1. preshowed
  2. preshowing
  3. preshown
  4. preshows
  5. preshrank
  6. preshrink
  7. preshrinking
  8. preshrinks
  9. preshrunk
  10. preshrunken
  11. preshus

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