Meaning

noun process or result of becoming less or smaller

noun the amount by which something shrinks

noun the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store

originEtymology tree English shrink Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English shrinkage From shrink + -age.

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