Shrink meaning
Shrink is defined as to become less, reduce or make smaller.
An example of to shrink is steaming a pot full of fresh spinach which, after steaming, will become a significantly reduced amount.
An example of to shrink is someone losing a lot of weight.
verb
A psychotherapist.
noun
To become reduced in amount or value; dwindle.
His savings quickly shrank. The market for that product has been shrinking.
verb
To move back or away, especially in fear.
verb
To show reluctance; hesitate.
We should not shrink from making such a sacrifice.
verb
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To cause to shrink.
The treatment shrank the tumor.
verb
To become or seem to become smaller, more compact, etc.; contract, as from heat, cold, moisture, etc.
verb
To lessen, as in amount, worth, etc.
verb
To draw back; turn away; cower, as from fear.
verb
To hold back, as from taking action; hesitate or recoil.
To shrink from doing one's duty.
verb
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To cause to shrink or contract; specif., to cause (fabric) to shrink by a special process in manufacturing so as to minimize later shrinkage.
verb
A shrinking; shrinkage.
noun
A clinical psychiatrist or psychologist.
noun
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To draw back; to withdraw.
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
verb
Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink, / That I had less to praise. "” Leigh Hunt.
noun
You need to see a shrink.
My shrink said that he was an enabler, bad for me.
noun
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Origin of shrink
- Middle English shrinken to wither, shrivel up from Old English scrincan sker-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Cognate with Dutch schrinken (“to shrink").
From Wiktionary