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unshrink

unshrink verb: to restore (something shrunken) to its original size.

Verb

unshrink (third-person singular simple present unshrinks, present participle unshrinking, simple past unshrank, past participle unshrunk)

  1. (transitive) To restore (something shrunken) to its original size.

Forms of unshrink

third-person singular presentunshrinks
present participleunshrinking
pastunshrank
past participleunshrunk

Origin of unshrink

From un- + shrink.

Questions about unshrink

What does unshrink mean?
Unshrink means to restore (something shrunken) to its original size.
What part of speech is unshrink?
Unshrink is a verb.
What is the past tense of unshrink?
The past tense of unshrink is unshrank.

Words near unshrink in the dictionary

  1. unshredded
  2. unshrewd
  3. unshrewish
  4. unshrill
  5. unshrined
  6. unshrink
  7. unshrinkability
  8. unshrinkable
  9. unshrinking
  10. unshrinkingly
  11. unshrinks

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