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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

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

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

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

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shrink¹

v shrink [ʃriŋk]

1 to (cause material, clothes etc to) become smaller My jersey shrank in the wash; Do they shrink the material before they make it up into clothes?krimpيَنْكَمِشсвивам (се)srazit (se)krympeschrumpfenμαζεύω στο πλύσιμο (για ρούχο), βάζω ένα ρούχο στο νερό να μαζέψειencogerkokku tõmbumaكوچك شدنkutistua, kutistaa(faire) rétrécirלְכַּווֵץसिकुड़नाstisnuti se, stegnuti seösszemegymengkerut(láta) hlauparestringersi縮む줄다, 오그라들다;(천 등을) 미리 수축시키다susitrauktisarauties; sarukt; dekatēt (audumu)mengecut(doen) krimpenkrympekurczyć sięencolhera (se) strâmtaдавать усадкуzraziť (sa)skrčiti (se)skupitikrympaหดçekmek, daralmak縮小давати усадку; зсідатисяسکڑناco lại缩小

2 to move back in fear, disgust etc (from) She shrank (back) from the man.ineenkrimpيَجْفَل، يَرْتَدотдръпвам сеcouvatvige tilbagezurückschreckenτραβιέμαι προς τα πίσω (π.χ. από φόβο)retroceder, echarse atráseemale tõmbumaاكراه داشتنkavahtaareculer devant qqch.לְהֵירָתַעपीछे हटनाustuknutivisszariadmenciuthörfa, hrökkva (undan)indietreggiare, ritrarsiひるむ물러서다atšlytiatrauties []berundurterugdeinzenvike, rygge tilbakecofać sięa repugnaотпрянутьcúvať (pred)odskočitiustuknutiryggaกลัวkorkuyla geri çekilmek畏縮відскочити; відступитиخوف یا اکراہ سے پیچھے ہٹناlùi lại , chùn lại畏缩

3 to wish to avoid something unpleasant I shrank from telling him the terrible news.vermyيُحْجِم، يَتَجَنَّبотбягвамzdráhat sevige tilbagesich scheuenαποφεύγω να κάνω κτ. δυσάρεστοesquivarhoidumaبي ميلي نشان دادنkarttaahésiter à faire qqch.לְהֵרָתַעकिसी अप्रिय चीज से बचने की इच्छाprezati, žacati semeghátrálbersembunyihika við að gera e-ðevitare, tirarsi indietro*しりごみをする피하다vengti[]vairītiesmengelakterugdeinzen voorkvie seg for, grue seg tilwstrzymywać sięevitara ezita să facă cevaуклонятьсяzdráhať sanerad kaj napravitiizbegavatidra (gruva) sig förหลบเลี่ยงçekinmek希望退縮，回避(у когось) не вистачає духуکسی نازيبا چیز سے احتراز کرناlưỡng lự希望退缩，回避

n ˈshrinkage [-kidʒ]

the act of shrinking, or the amount by which something shrinks. inkrimpingإنْكِماش، تَقَلُّصсвиванеsraženísvind; krympningdas Schrumpfenσυρρίκνωση, μάζεμαencogimientokokkutõmbumineانقباضkutistuminen, kutistumarétrécissementהִתכַּווצוּתसंकुचनstezanje, smanjenje(össze)zsugorodáspenyusutan, berkurangþað að hlaupa/dragast samanrestringimento収縮수축(량)susitraukimassaraušanās; saraušanās lielumspengecutaninkrimpingkrymping, svinnkurczenie się, ubytekencolhimentostrâm­­tareусадкаzrazenie (látky)skrčenjeskupljanjekrympning, krympmånการหดbüzülme; çekme payı收縮（量）скорочення; усадкаسکڑنے کا عمل، سکڑنے کی مقدارsự co收缩（量）

adj shrunken [ˈʃraŋk(ən)]

having been made or become smaller. verskrompeldمُنْكَمِش، مُتَقَلِّصсмаленscvrklýkrympeteinlaufenσυρρικνωμένος, μαζεμένος, ζαρωμένοςencogidokokkutõmbunudچروك خوردهkutistunutratatinéמְכּווָץसिकुड़ा हुआskvrčen, upaoösszezsugorodottmenciutrÿrnaður, samanskroppinnaccorciato縮んだ줄어든susitraukęssarāvies; sarucissusutgekrompenskrumpet, krympetskurczonyencolhidoîngust, strâm­tдавший усадкуscvrknutýskrčenskupljenkrympt, hopfallen, insjunkenกริยาช่องที่ 3 ของ shrink (หดลง)çekmiş, daralmış收縮的зморщенийچھوٹا کیا ہواđã co lại收缩的