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shrink (ʃrɪŋk
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Definitions
verb
Word forms: shrinks, shrinking, shrank, shrunk, shrunk, shrunken
- to contract or cause to contract as from wetness, heat, cold, etc
- to become or cause to become smaller in size
- intr often foll by from
- to recoil or withdraw ⇒
to shrink from the sight of blood
- to feel great reluctance (at) ⇒
to shrink from killing an animal
- to recoil or withdraw ⇒
noun
- the act or an instance of shrinking
- (slang) a psychiatrist
Derived Forms
ˈshrinkable adjectiveˈshrinker noun
ˈshrinking adjective
ˈshrinkingly adverb
Word Origin
Old English scrincan; related to Old Norse skrokkr torso, Old Swedish skrunkin wrinkled, Old Norse hrukka a crease, Icelandic skrukka wrinkled womanTranslations for 'shrink'
- British English: shrink If something shrinks or you shrink it, it becomes smaller.The vast forests of West Africa have shrunk.ʃrɪŋk VERB
- Arabic: يَتَقَلَّصُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: encolher
- Chinese: 萎缩
- Croatian: smanjiti se
- Czech: srazit se srážet sepraním
- Danish: krympe
- Dutch: krimpen
- European Spanish: encogerse
- Finnish: kutistua
- French: rétrécir
- German: schrumpfen
- Greek: ζαρώνω
- Italian: restringersi
- Japanese: 縮む
- Korean: 줄어들다
- Norwegian: krympe
- Polish: skurczyć się kurczyć się
- Portuguese: encolher
- Romanian: a se micșora
- Russian: уменьшать(ся)
- Spanish: encoger
- Swedish: krympa
- Thai: หด
- Turkish: çekmek
- Ukrainian: зменшувати(ся) зменшити(ся)
- Vietnamese: co lại
- British English: shrink A shrink is a psychiatrist. NOUNI've seen a shrink already.
- Brazilian Portuguese: psicanalista
- Chinese: 精神病医生精神病医醫生
- European Spanish: loquero loquera
- French: psychanalyste
- German: Psychiater Psychiaterin
- Italian: strizzacervelli
- Japanese: 精神科医
- Korean: 정신과 의사
- Portuguese: psicanalista
- Spanish: loquero loquera
Example Sentences Including 'shrink'
A customer who was a shrink told me I was right to leave the child.Splitting
But in a warmer world, the ice-caps would inevitably start to shrink.The Crisis of Life on Earth - our legacy from the second millenium
Carole Rochester, noticing the bloodstains, had appeared to shrink.The Scar
He jokes with Stone about Viagra, about movies, about love and about never considering seeing a shrink.canada.com (2004)
He's dying after treatment for a brain tumour failed and his only hope is Temodal, a new drug proven to shrink tumours.Sun, News of the World (2000)
I wouldn't put much money on Dyer's staying out of the shrink 's hands much longer.Passion in the Peak
PAUL LAWRIE has turned to a shrink in a bid to become a winner again.Sun, News of the World (2001)
Putting a damper on all the bright news in Asia is Japan, whose economy is expected to shrink 0.6 per cent during the coming fiscal year.Irish Times (2002)
So he suggested the existence of a cosmic repulsive force which perfectly balanced the force of gravity trying to shrink the Universe.New Scientist (1999)
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