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Shrink

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Noun

1. head-shrinker, psychiatrist, shrink

a physician who specializes in psychiatry

Verb

2. shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither

wither, as with a loss of moisture

Example Sentences:
'The fruit dried and shriveled'

3. cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince

draw back, as with fear or pain

Example Sentences:
'she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf'

4. reduce, shrink

reduce in size; reduce physically

Example Sentences:
'Hot water will shrink the sweater'
'Can you shrink this image?'

5. contract, shrink

become smaller or draw together

Example Sentences:
'The fabric shrank'
'The balloon shrank'

6. shrink, shrivel

decrease in size, range, or extent

Example Sentences:
'His earnings shrank'
'My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shrink

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verbWord forms: shrinks, shrinking, shrank, shrunk, shrunk or shrunken
1. 
to contract or cause to contract as from wetness, heat, cold, etc
2. 
to become or cause to become smaller in size
3. (intransitive; often foll by from)
a. 
to recoil or withdraw
to shrink from the sight of blood
b. 
to feel great reluctance (at)
to shrink from killing an animal
noun
4. 
the act or an instance of shrinking
5. slang
a psychiatrist

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Shrink

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verb intransitiveWord forms: shrank or shrunk, shrunk or ˈshrunken, ˈshrinking
1. 
to become or seem to become smaller, more compact, etc.; contract, as from heat, cold, moisture, etc.
2. 
to lessen, as in amount, worth, etc.
3. 
to draw back; turn away; cower, as from fear
4. 
to hold back, as from taking action; hesitate or recoil
to shrink from doing one's duty
verb transitive
5. 
to cause to shrink or contract; specif., to cause (fabric) to shrink by a special process in manufacturing so as to minimize later shrinkage
noun
6. 
a shrinking; shrinkage
7.  US, Slang
a psychiatrist

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Shrink

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v. shrank (shrăngk) or shrunk (shrŭngk), shrunk or shrunk·en (shrŭngkən), shrink·ing, shrinks
v.intr.
1.
a. To become or appear to become smaller: The shadows shrank as the sun rose higher. The mountains shrank in the distance as we drove away.
b. To become smaller from exposure to heat, moisture, or cold: The sweater shrank in the wash.
2. To become reduced in amount or value; dwindle: His savings quickly shrank. The market for that product has been shrinking.
3. To move back or away, especially in fear: "She shrank back against the wall and flattened her palms against it" (Pearl S. Buck).
4. To show reluctance; hesitate: We should not shrink from making such a sacrifice.
v.tr.
To cause to shrink: The treatment shrank the tumor.
n.
1.
a. The act of shrinking.
b. The degree to which something shrinks; shrinkage.
2. Slang A psychotherapist.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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