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Meaning of shrink
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shrink
n 1: a physician who specializes in psychiatry [syn:
{psychiatrist}, {head-shrinker}, {shrink}]
v 1: wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and
shriveled" [syn: {shrivel}, {shrivel up}, {shrink},
{wither}]
2: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they
showed the slaughtering of the calf" [syn: {flinch},
{squinch}, {funk}, {cringe}, {shrink}, {wince}, {recoil},
{quail}]
3: reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the
sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" [syn: {shrink},
{reduce}]
4: become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The
balloon shrank" [syn: {shrink}, {contract}] [ant: {expand},
{spread out}, {stretch}]
5: decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank";
"My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me" [syn:
{shrink}, {shrivel}]
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
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