Sekirov Dictionary

shrink

/ˈʃɹɪŋk/

verb 6
noun 3
forms 9
phrases 3

verb6

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to get smaller in size, amount or number
- This garment will shrink when wet.
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To cause to become smaller.
- The dryer shrank my sweater.
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To cower or flinch.
- Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip.
To draw back; to withdraw.
To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
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(figurative) To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
- What happier natures shrink at with affright, / The hard inhabitant contends is right. — 1733

noun3

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Shrinkage; contraction; recoil.
- Yet almost with, with sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. — 1818
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(slang) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist.
- You need to see a shrink, you crazy fool.
- My shrink said that he was an enabler, bad for me.
Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date.

forms

shrinked · shrank · shrunk · shrankest · shrunken · shrinking · shrinketh · shrinks · shrinkest

Phrases with shrink

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