shrink

shrink  (shrngk)

v. shrank (shrngk) or shrunk (shrngk), shrunk or shrunk·en (shrngkn), shrink·ing, shrinks

v.intr.

1. To become constricted from heat, moisture, or cold.

2. To become reduced in amount or value; dwindle: His savings quickly shrank.

3. To draw back instinctively, as from something alarming; recoil.

4. To show reluctance; hesitate: shrink from making such a sacrifice.

v.tr.

To cause to shrink.

n.

1.

a. The act of shrinking.

b. The degree to which something shrinks; shrinkage.

2. Slang A psychotherapist.

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[Middle English shrinken, to wither, shrivel up, from Old English scrincan; see sker-² in Indo-European roots.]

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shrinka·ble adj.

shrinker n.

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shrink

Verb

[shrinking, shrank] or shrunk;shrunk or shrunken

1. to become or cause to become smaller, sometimes because of wetness, heat, or cold

2. shrink from

a. to withdraw or move away through fear: they didn't shrink from danger

b. to feel great reluctance (to perform a task or duty)

Noun

Slang a psychiatrist [Old English scrincan]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shrink - a physician who specializes in psychiatry head-shrinker, psychiatrist alienist - a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness psychoanalyst, analyst - a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis medical specialist, specialist - practices one branch of medicine
Verb	1.	shrink - wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled" shrivel, shrivel up, wither atrophy - undergo atrophy; "Muscles that are not used will atrophy" decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" blast - shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly die back, die down - suffer from a disease that kills shoots; "The plants near the garage are dying back" dry up, mummify - dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found"
	2.	shrink - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, wince, squinch move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" shrink back, retract - pull away from a source of disgust or fear
	3.	shrink - reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" reduce scale down, reduce - make smaller; "reduce an image" reef - reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef miniaturise, miniaturize - design or construct on a smaller scale minify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff" depopulate, desolate - reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside" downsize - make in a smaller size; "the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive" contract - make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
	4.	shrink - become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" contract decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" flex - contract; "flex a muscle" stretch - become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches"
	5.	shrink - decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me" shrivel decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

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shrink

verb decrease, dwindle, lessen, grow or get smaller, contract, narrow, diminish, fall off, shorten, wrinkle, wither, drop off, deflate, shrivel, downsize << OPPOSITE grow

Translations

shrink [pt shrank, pp shrunk] [ʃrɪŋk, ʃræŋk, ʃrʌŋk] vi → encogerse (= be reduced); reducirse

vt → encoger;

to shrink from (doing) sth → no atreverse a hacer algo

shrink away vi → retroceder, retirarse

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shrink [shrank , pt , shrunk , pp ] [ʃrɪŋk, ʃræŋk, ʃrʌŋk] vi → rétrécir (fig); diminuer;

(also: shrink away) → reculer

vt [+ wool] → (faire) rétrécir

n (inf) (pej) → psychanalyste m/f;

to shrink from (doing) sth → reculer devant (la pensée de faire) qch

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shrink [ʃrɪŋk] [shrank , pt , shrunk , pp ] vi (cloth) → einlaufen;

(profits, audiences) → schrumpfen;

(forests) → schwinden;

(also: shrink away) → zurückweichen

vt (cloth) → einlaufen lassen

n (inf) (pej) → Klapsdoktor m;

to shrink from sth → vor etw dat zurückschrecken;

to shrink from doing sth → davor zurückschrecken, etw zu tun

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shrink [ʃrɪŋk] vb [pt shrank, pp shrunk] [ʃræŋk, ʃrʌŋk]

vi → restringersi;

(fig) → ridursi

vt [+ wool] → far restringere

n (col) (pej) → psicanalista m/f;

to shrink from doing sth → rifuggire dal fare qc