Word.ws English Dictionary

shrank back

shrank back is the simple past of shrink back.

Meaning of shrink back

Verb

shrink back (third-person singular simple present shrinks back, present participle shrinking back, simple past shrank back or shrunk back, past participle shrunk back or shrunken back)

  1. To back away or retreat; to abandon an effort.
    Synonyms:
    shrink away

Questions about shrank back

What is shrank back the simple past of?
Shrank back is the simple past of shrink back.

Words near shrank back in the dictionary

  1. shrammed
  2. shramming
  3. shrams
  4. shrank
  5. shrank away
  6. shrank back
  7. shrank down
  8. shrank up
  9. shrankest
  10. shranks
  11. shrap

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: shrank back (page history and authors); shrink back (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “shrank back.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/shrank_back. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.