shrink

Speech parts

1. shrink - Noun

2. shrink - Verb

Meaning

To draw back; to withdraw.

To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted.

To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress.

To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake.

To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water.

The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

reduce contract retreat funk recoil flinch quail wince decline narrow decrease withdraw trim diminish compress
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Antonyms

stretch grow expand enlarge mount crane
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Hypernyms

move fall minify decrease specialist diminish

Hyponyms

reef flex reduce contract blast analyst

Phrases with the word

shrink rate shrink ray shrink-fit shrink in size non-shrink grout heat-shrink tubing

Derivatives

shrank shrunk shrunken shrinking

Examples

I don't think life is absurd. I think we are all here for a huge purpose. I think we shrink from the immensity of the purpose we are here for. Norman Mailer

Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not like what you find. Colin Powell

The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it. Marcel Proust

A drink a day keeps the shrink away. Edward Abbey

Promises and undressed cloth are apt to shrink. Danish Proverb

He who swells in prosperity will shrink in adversity. Romanian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

shrinelet shrinelike Shriner shrink away shrink back shrink film