Definitions of shrink [ʃrɪŋk]

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Definition of 'shrink'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) shrink
to contract or lessen in size:
cloth that shrinks if washed.

2.  shrink
to become reduced in extent, compass, or value.

3.  shrink
to draw back; recoil:
to shrink from danger.

4. (v.t.) shrink
to cause to shrink or contract; reduce.

5. (n.) shrink
an act or instance of shrinking.

6.  shrink
Slang. a psychotherapist, psychiatrist, or psychoanalyst.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME schrinken, OE scrincan, c. MD schrinken, Sw skrynka to shrink)

Definition of 'shrink'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) psychiatrist, head-shrinker, shrink
a physician who specializes in psychiatry

2. (verb) shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
wither, as with a loss of moisture
"The fruit dried and shriveled"

3. (verb) flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
draw back, as with fear or pain
"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

4. (verb) shrink, reduce
reduce in size; reduce physically
"Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

5. (verb) shrink, contract
become smaller or draw together
"The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"

6. (verb) shrink, shrivel
decrease in size, range, or extent
"His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

Definition of 'shrink'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) shrink
to become or make smaller
My T-shirt shrank in the wash.; shrinking profits

2. shrink
to move away in fear or disgust
She shrank away as he got closer.

Definition of 'shrink'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) shrink
the act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal

2. (verb) shrink
to wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted

3. (verb) shrink
to withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress

4. (verb) shrink
to express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake

5. (verb) shrink
to cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water

6. (verb) shrink
to draw back; to withdraw

Translation of 'shrink'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to (cause material, clothes etc to) become smaller My jersey shrank in the wash; Do they shrink the material before they make it up into clothes?
Afrikaans: krimp	Arabic: يَنْكَمِش	Bulgarian: свивам (се)
Brazilian: encolher	Czech: srazit (se)	German: schrumpfen
Danish: krympe	Greek: μαζεύω στο πλύσιμο (για ρ	Spanish: encoger
Estonian: kokku tõmbuma	Farsi: كوچك شدن	Finnish: kutistua
French: (faire) rétrécir	Hebrew: לְכַּווֵץ	Hindi: सिकुड़ना
Croatian: stisnuti se, stegnuti se	Hungarian: összemegy	Indonesian: mengkerut
Icelandic: (láta) hlaupa	Italian: restringersi	Japanese: 縮む
Korean: 오그라들다	Lithuanian: susitraukti	Latvian: sarauties; sarukt; dekatē
Malay: mengecut	Dutch: (doen) krimpen	Norwegian: krympe
Polish: kurczyć się	Persian: كوچك شدن	Pashto: غونجېدل (منقبض كېدل)، سره
Portuguese: encolher	Romanian: a (se) strâmta	Russian: давать усадку
Slovak: zraziť (sa)	Slovenian: skrčiti (se)	Serbian: skupiti
Swedish: krympa	Thai: หด	Turkish: çekmek, daralmak
Taiwanese: 縮小	Ukrainian: давати усадку; зсідатися	Urdu: سکڑنا
Vietnamese: co lại	Chinese: 缩小
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