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preshrink

verb

Etymology

From pre- + shrink.

  1. inherited from *skrinkwaną✻
  2. inherited from sċrincan
  3. inherited from schrynken
  4. prefixed as preshrink — “pre + shrink”

Definitions

  1. To shrink in advance, before sale, in order to ensure better fit.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for preshrink. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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