shrink

IPA: ʃrˈɪŋk

noun

  • Shrinkage; contraction; recoil.
  • (slang, sometimes derogatory) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist.
  • (uncountable, business) Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date.

verb

  • (transitive) To cause to become smaller.
  • (intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.
  • (intransitive) To cower or flinch.
  • (transitive) To draw back; to withdraw.
  • (intransitive, figuratively) To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
  • (intransitive) To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
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Examples of "shrink" in Sentences

  • It shrinks and becomes desiccated.
  • The number of priests are shrinking.
  • How do we shrink the size of the picture
  • Should we shrink the size of the locator map
  • Would someone please shrink the size of the top half of the table
  • Involution of an organ is the shrinking or return to a former size.
  • The Buddha allowed the lion to shrink down to the size of the marmoset.
  • This further reduced caste divisions by shrinking the size of the community.
  • The extraterrestrial cheese gave Chester the power to shrink in size at will.
  • Then it was simply a matter of shrinking the size of the target in small steps.

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