rétrécir

rétrécir [ʀetʀesiʀ]

➭ TABLE 2

1. transitive verb

[+ vêtement] to take in ; [+ tissu] to shrink ; [+ conduit, orifice, rue] to make narrower ; [+ bague] to make smaller ; [+ champ d'activité] to narrow

2. intransitive verb

[laine, tissu] to shrink ; [rue, vallée] to become narrower ; [cercle d'amis] to grow smaller

• rétrécir au lavage to shrink in the wash

• faire rétrécir [+ tissu] to shrink

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ʀetʀesiʀ
1.

verbe transitif

1) [lavage] to shrink

2) [couturier] to take in (de by)

3) to make [something] narrower [route, bague, orifice]; to make [something] smaller [terrain, parc]

2.

verbe intransitif [tissu] to shrink (de by)

3.

se rétrécir verbe pronominal

1) [route, champ d'investigation] to narrow; [groupe] to shrink

2) Anatomie [pupille] to contract

3) [pensée] to become more restricted

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ʀetʀesiʀ

1. vi

[vêtement] to shrink

Son pull a rétréci au lavage. — Her sweater shrank in the wash.

2. vt

[vêtement] to take in

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A vtr

1 Tex [lavage] to shrink; le lavage l'a rétréci en longueur/largeur it has got GB ou gotten US shorter/narrower in the wash; ⇒ peau;

2 Cout [couturière] rétrécir en largeur to take in (de by); rétrécir en longueur to take up (de by);

3 Bot to shrivel [plante];

4 Anat, Méd to contract [pupille];

5 Constr (en largeur) to make [sth] narrower [route]; (de tous côtés) to make [sth] smaller [terrain, parc];

6 (minimiser) to narrow down [sujet, champ d'investigation]; to narrow [question, idée, domaine].

B vi to shrink (de by); ne rétrécit pas au lavage does not shrink in the wash.

C se rétrécir vpr

1 [route, berge, champ d'investigation] to narrow (en into); [cercle de fidèles] to shrink;

2 Anat [pupille] to contract;

3 [pensée] to become more restricted.

[retresir] verbe transitif

TEXTILES [vêtement] to shrink

rétrécir une jupe COUTURE to take in a skirt

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[retresir] verbe intransitif

TEXTILES [vêtement] to shrink

rétrécir au lavage to shrink in the wash

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se rétrécir verbe pronominal intransitif

[allée, goulot] to narrow, to get narrower

[cercle, diaphragme] to contract, to get smaller

[budget] to shrink, to dwindle