Shrink - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
verb
- draw back, as with fear or pain (syn: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, wince)
- reduce in size; reduce physically (syn: reduce)
Can you shrink this image?
- decrease in size, range, or extent (syn: shrivel)
Extra examples
The sweater shrank when it was washed.
Meat shrinks as it cooks.
The town's population shrank during the war.
Hot water shrank the sweater.
The treatment should shrink the tumor.
He shrank in horror when he saw the dead cat.
He is seeing a shrink.
The crowd shrank back from the sight of the body.
He shrank from the challenge.
I'm worried about washing that shirt in case it shrinks.
The city continued to shrink.
The firm's staff had shrunk to only four people.
Treatment can shrink a tumour.
We want to expand the business, not shrink it.
She listened, shrinking under the blankets, to their shouts.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: shrink
he/she/it: shrinks
present participle: shrinking
past tense: shrank or shrunk
past participle: shrunk
singular: shrink
plural: shrinks
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