shrink
noun
- 1
a physician who specializes in psychiatry
verb
- 1
decrease in size, range, or extent
His earnings shrank
My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
- 2
become smaller or draw together
The fabric shrank
The balloon shrank
- 3
reduce in size; reduce physically
Hot water will shrink the sweater
Can you shrink this image?
- 4
wither, as with a loss of moisture
The fruit dried and shriveled
- 5
draw back, as with fear or pain
she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
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