Definition of Shrink

Noun

• a physician who specializes in psychiatry
  psychiatrist - head shrinker

Verb

• decrease in size, range, or extent
  "His earnings shrank"
  "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
  shrivel
• become smaller or draw together
  "The fabric shrank"
  "The balloon shrank"
  contract
• reduce in size
  reduce physically
  "Hot water will shrink the sweater"
  "Can you shrink this image?"
  reduce
• draw back, as with fear or pain
  "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
  flinch squinch funk cringe wince recoil quail
• wither, as with a loss of moisture
  "The fruit dried and shriveled"
  shrivel - shrivel up wither

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