shrink

Plural: shrinks

Noun

• a physician who specializes in psychiatry
• Shrinkage; contraction; recoil.
• A psychiatrist or psychotherapist.
• Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date.

Verb

Verb Forms: shrank, shrunk, shrunken, shrinking, shrinks

• To become smaller in size or amount; to recoil.
• wither, as with a loss of moisture
• draw back, as with fear or pain
• reduce in size; reduce physically
  • "Hot water will shrink the sweater"
  • "Can you shrink this image?"
• become smaller or draw together
• decrease in size, range, or extent
• To cause to become smaller.
• To become smaller; to contract.
• To cower or flinch.
• To draw back; to withdraw.
• To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
• To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.

Examples

• His opponent’s score began to SHRINK rapidly after his strategic plays.
• Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip.
• My shrink said that he was an enabler, bad for me.
• The dryer shrank my sweater.
• This garment will shrink when wet.
• You need to see a shrink, you crazy fool.

Synonyms

contract, cringe, flinch, funk, head-shrinker, psychiatrist, quail, recoil, reduce, shrivel, shrivel up, squinch, wince, wither, retreat, shirk, shrink back, shrinker

Antonyms

expand, stretch, enlarge, grow

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