1. shrink - Noun
2. shrink - Verb
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 dictionaryI 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