shrink up en · VERB
Meanings
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(intransitive, transitive) To contract or shrink completely; shrivel up.
Then, at the blast of his noble heart, the bad angel shrunk up into nothingness; and the good one defined itself clearer and more clear, and came nigher and more nigh to him, smiling sadly but benignantly […]
1852, Melville, Pierre, Book 3:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shrunk up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| shrunk up | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| shrinks up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| shrinking up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| shrunken up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| shrank up | Tense=Past | lexicographic |