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  • 71shrink|ing violet — «SHRIHNG kihng», a person who is shy, timid, or self effacing: »We expect our rulers to be reasonably ambitious; shrinking violets are unfit for the harsh experience of power (John Grigg) …

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  • 72Shrink wrap — Shrinkwrapped redirects here. For the album, see Shrinkwrapped (album). Shrink wrap, also shrinkwrap or shrink film, is a material made up of polymer plastic film. When heat is applied to this material it shrinks tightly over whatever it is… …

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  • 73shrink-wrap — noun the clinging transparent plastic film that is used to shrinkwrap something • Hypernyms: ↑film, ↑plastic film * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ transitive verb : to wrap (as a book or meat) in tough clear plastic film that is then shrunk (as by heating) to… …

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  • 74shrink from — verb avoid (one s assigned duties) (Freq. 2) The derelict soldier shirked his duties • Syn: ↑fiddle, ↑shirk, ↑goldbrick • Derivationally related forms: ↑goldbricking (for …

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  • 75shrink´ing|ly — shrink1 «shrihngk», verb, shrank or shrunk, shrunk or shrunk|en, shrink|ing, noun. –v.i. 1. to draw back; re …

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  • 76shrink´a|ble — shrink1 «shrihngk», verb, shrank or shrunk, shrunk or shrunk|en, shrink|ing, noun. –v.i. 1. to draw back; re …

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  • 77Shrink ray — In science fiction, a shrink ray is any device which uses energy to reduce the physical size of matter.In media: *In In the Belly of the Boss , the third segment of The Simpsons Halloween special episode Treehouse of Horror XV , the Simpson… …

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  • 78Shrink (film) — Infobox Film name = Shrink caption = director = Jonas Pate producer = Braxton Pope Dana Brunetti writer = Thomas Moffett starring = Kevin Spacey music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released = runtime = country = USA language =… …

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  • 79Shrink (Album) — Dieser Albenartikel weist Mängel auf und wurde in die Qualitätssicherung für Musikalben eingetragen. Bitte beteilige dich an der Diskussion und hilf mit, ihn zu verbessern …

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  • 80shrink from — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms shrink from : present tense I/you/we/they shrink from he/she/it shrinks from present participle shrinking from past tense shrank from or shrunk from past participle shrunk from shrink from something to not be… …

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