shrink-wrap
shrink-wrap · shrink-wraps · shrink-wrapped · shrink-wrapping
To apply shrink-wrap toTo apply shrink-wrap to (an item).
Meaning
2 sensesTo apply shrink-wrap to (an item).
We spent all day shrink-wrapping boxes and now my feet hurt.
(derogatory)To reconstruct an extinct creature known from its fossils by depicting it with minimal soft tissue, yielding a thinner and less accurate representation of the creature.
Such shrink-wrapped models gave generations of schoolchildren mental images of dinosaurs that are probably much uglier and scrawnier than the creatures were in reality.
Origin
From shrink + wrap.From shrink + wrap.
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Forms
shrink-wraps, shrink-wrapping, shrink-wrapped, shrink-wrapped| Base form | shrink-wrap · to shrink-wrap |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | shrink-wraps |
| Present participle | shrink-wrapping |
| Past simple | shrink-wrapped |
| Past participle | shrink-wrapped |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle