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Look up: Shrink

  1. shrink
    [v] - reduce in size 2. [v] - draw together 3. [v] - decrease in size, range, or extent
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Shrink
    The change in size of the part during solidification, typically anticipated based on published material property data and built into the mould design prior to machining
    Found on http://www.protomold.co.uk/Glossary.aspx

  3. shrink
    to fasten an outer part on to an inner part by dilatation,i.e.by heating the outer part or by cooling the inner before assembly Category: Mechanical engineering • the ratio of an expanded(as supplied)dimension to the recovered(following heating)dimension Category: Physics • the casting defects,i.e.holes,hollows or depressions in the castings Category: Electrical engineer...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Shrink
    Shrink intransitive verb [ imperfect Shrank or Shrunk past participle Shrunk or Shrunken but the latter is now seldom used except as a participial adjective; present participle & verbal noun Shrinking .] [ Middle English shrinken , schrinken , Anglo-Saxon scrincan ; ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/95

  5. Shrink
    Shrink transitive verb 1. To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water. 2. To draw back; to withdraw. [ Obsolete] « The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn.» Milton. To shrink on (Machinery) , to fix (one piece or part) firmly around (another) by natural contraction in cooling, as a tire on a ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/95

  6. Shrink
    Shrink noun The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal. « Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink , That I had less to praise.» Leigh Hunt.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/95

  7. Shrink
    `Shrink` can refer to: *`Shrink`, a slang term for a mental health professional such as a psychiatrist or psychologist (derived from the word `headshrinker`) *Shrinkage (accounting), a retail term for the money lost by undercharged, damaged, or stolen goods *Shrink (album), the fourth album by German indie rock/electronica group The Notwist *Shrink, a Yu-Gi-Oh card, recently printed in the TCG as a Shonen Jump Championship promo *Shrink (Experim...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrink

  8. Shrink
    • (n.) The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal. • (v. t.) To draw back; to withdraw. • (v. i.) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress. • (v. i.) To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compa...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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22 March 2010

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On March 22, 1888 was the first meeting to instate and organise the English Football League. It was William McGregor, a draper and Aston Villa's director in Scotland, was the first man who was tried to establish some rules to that chaotic world where previously teams agreed their own matches and games. The English Football League's first season started some months later in 1888 and dated on 8 September, there were 12 member clubs. read more

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