shrink

/ʃriɳk/
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shrink

Hot water will shrink the sweater.

Definition

  1. Verb:

    • To become smaller in size, amount, or value: To decrease in physical dimensions, quantity, or worth.
    • To move away from something because of fear, pain, or disgust: To recoil or draw back.
    • To cause something to become smaller: To reduce the size of something.

  2. Noun:

    • A clinical psychologist or psychiatrist: A slang term for a mental health professional.
Usage Examples
  • Verb (to become smaller):
    • Wool sweaters often shrink if washed in hot water.
    • The company's profits began to shrink during the recession.
  • Verb (to recoil):
    • She shrank from his touch.
    • He shrinks from any kind of confrontation.
  • Verb (to cause to become smaller):
    • The treatment shrinks tumors.
    • This process will shrink the file size.
  • Noun (psychiatrist):
    • He visits his shrink every Thursday. (Informal, sometimes considered derogatory)
Advanced Usage
  • "to shrink into oneself": To become withdrawn, quiet, or less confident.
    • After the criticism, he seemed to shrink into himself.
  • "shrinking violet": A very shy or timid person.
    • Don't be such a shrinking violet; speak up for yourself!
Variants and Related Words
  • Shrinkage (n): The process, fact, or amount of shrinking.
    • The fabric allows for some shrinkage after washing.
  • Shrunken (adj): Having been reduced in size; withered.
    • He held the shrunken apple in his hand.
Synonyms
  • Verb (become smaller): Contract, diminish, dwindle, lessen.
  • Verb (recoil): Flinch, recoil, wince, cringe.
  • Noun (psychiatrist): Psychiatrist, therapist, psychoanalyst (informal: head-shrinker).
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Shrink away from: To avoid or recoil from something unpleasant.
    • She shrinks away from making difficult decisions.
  • Shrink back: To move backwards suddenly, especially from fear or surprise.
    • The crowd shrank back as the fire grew.
Related Idioms
  • Shrink from (something): To be unwilling to do something because it is unpleasant or frightening.
    • He does not shrink from telling the truth, no matter how hard it is.
shrink

Hot water will shrink the sweater.

Noun
  1. a physician who specializes in psychiatry
Verb
  1. decrease in size, range, or extent
    • His earnings shrank
    • My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
  2. become smaller or draw together
    • The fabric shrank
    • The balloon shrank
  3. reduce in size; reduce physically
    • Hot water will shrink the sweater
    • Can you shrink this image?
  4. draw back, as with fear or pain
    • she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
  5. wither, as with a loss of moisture
    • The fruit dried and shriveled

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