Shrink
vAntonymSSC PYQ × 7/ʃrˈɪŋk/ · श्रिंक
To become smaller in size
सिकुड़ना, आकार में छोटा हो जाना
The shirt shrank in hot water.
The lake shrinks every summer.
Daily use: Garam paani mein shirt shrink ho gayi.
गर्म पानी में धुली सूती shirt सोचिए — वह छोटी होकर निकलती है और fit नहीं होती। यही shrink है, छोटा हो जाना; expand इसका ठीक उल्टा है।
Picture a cotton shirt washed in hot water: it comes out smaller and no longer fits. That is shrink, to become smaller, and its exact opposite is expand.
Forms हैं shrink, shrank, shrunk; adjective shrunken है। Contract और dwindle synonym हैं; expand, swell, stretch और grow antonym हैं।
The forms are shrink, shrank, shrunk, with shrunken as the adjective. Contract and dwindle are synonyms; expand, swell, stretch and grow are the antonyms.