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shrink Definition

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

shrink Synonyms

• contract
• cringe
• flinch
• funk
• head-shrinker
• psychiatrist
• quail
• recoil
• reduce
• shrink
• shrivel
• shrivel up
• squinch
• wince
• wither