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shrink - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'shrink' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Shrink [ n.]
- The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.
2 . Shrink [ v. i.]
- 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.
3 . Shrink [ v. t.]
- To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water.
- To draw back; to withdraw.

Meaning of 'shrink' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . shrink [ v]
Meaning (1):
- reduce in size; reduce physically
Example in sentence:
  • Can you shrink this image?;
  • Hot water will shrink the sweater
Meaning (2):
- decrease in size, range, or extent
Example in sentence:
  • His earnings shrank;
  • My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
Meaning (3):
- draw back, as with fear or pain
Example in sentence:
  • she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
Meaning (4):
- become smaller or draw together
Example in sentence:
  • The balloon shrank;
  • The fabric shrank
Meaning (5):
- wither, as with a loss of moisture
Example in sentence:
  • The fruit dried and shriveled