If heating things up causes them to expand, how come clothes shrink when putting them through the wash?

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If heating things up causes them to expand, how come clothes shrink when putting them through the wash?

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Fibres cling together when shrinkage occurs. The temperature is not the culprit. Agitation is more often the cause.

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