Definitions for shrink
ʃrɪŋkshrink

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. psychiatrist, head-shrinker, shrink(verb)

   a physician who specializes in psychiatry

2. shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither(verb)

   wither, as with a loss of moisture

   "The fruit dried and shriveled"

3. flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail(verb)

   draw back, as with fear or pain

   "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

4. shrink, reduce(verb)

   reduce in size; reduce physically

   "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

5. shrink, contract(verb)

   become smaller or draw together

   "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"

6. shrink, shrivel(verb)

   decrease in size, range, or extent

   "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. shrink(Noun)

   shrinkage; contraction; recoil

   Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink, / That I had less to praise. uE0005131uE001 Leigh Hunt.

2. shrink(Noun)

   A psychiatrist or therapist; a head-shrinker.

3. shrink(Verb)

   To contract, to (cause to) become smaller.

4. shrink(Verb)

   To cower or flinch.

   Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Shrink(verb)

   to wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted

   Etymology: [OE. shrinken, schrinken, AS. scrincan; akin to OD. schrincken, and probably to Sw. skrynka a wrinkle, skrynkla to wrinkle, to rumple, and E. shrimp, n. & v., scrimp. CF. Shrimp.]

2. Shrink(verb)

   to withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress

   Etymology: [OE. shrinken, schrinken, AS. scrincan; akin to OD. schrincken, and probably to Sw. skrynka a wrinkle, skrynkla to wrinkle, to rumple, and E. shrimp, n. & v., scrimp. CF. Shrimp.]

3. Shrink(verb)

   to express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake

   Etymology: [OE. shrinken, schrinken, AS. scrincan; akin to OD. schrincken, and probably to Sw. skrynka a wrinkle, skrynkla to wrinkle, to rumple, and E. shrimp, n. & v., scrimp. CF. Shrimp.]

4. Shrink(verb)

   to cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water

   Etymology: [OE. shrinken, schrinken, AS. scrincan; akin to OD. schrincken, and probably to Sw. skrynka a wrinkle, skrynkla to wrinkle, to rumple, and E. shrimp, n. & v., scrimp. CF. Shrimp.]

5. Shrink(verb)

   to draw back; to withdraw

   Etymology: [OE. shrinken, schrinken, AS. scrincan; akin to OD. schrincken, and probably to Sw. skrynka a wrinkle, skrynkla to wrinkle, to rumple, and E. shrimp, n. & v., scrimp. CF. Shrimp.]

6. Shrink(noun)

   the act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal

   Etymology: [OE. shrinken, schrinken, AS. scrincan; akin to OD. schrincken, and probably to Sw. skrynka a wrinkle, skrynkla to wrinkle, to rumple, and E. shrimp, n. & v., scrimp. CF. Shrimp.]

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1. Shrink

   Shrink is the fourth album by German indie rock/electronica group The Notwist. The album is notable for its movement away from the group's punk origins and including elements of electronica, ambient, and jazz.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Shrink

   shringk, v.i. to contract: to wither: to occupy less space: to become wrinkled by contraction: to recoil, as from fear, disgust, &c.—v.t. to cause to shrink or contract: to withdraw:—pa.t. shrank, shrunk; pa.p. shrunk.—n. act of shrinking: contraction: withdrawal or recoil.—adj. Shrink′able.—ns. Shrink′age, a contraction into a less compass: the extent of the reduction of anything in bulk by shrinking, evaporation, &c.; Shrink′er.—adv. Shrink′ingly, in a shrinking manner: by shrinking. [A.S. scrincan; akin to Ger. schränken, to place obliquely.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shrink in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shrink in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of shrink in a Sentence

1. Dava Newman:

   The world's smallest spacecraft, I call them, because you have to design all of the systems you need for the whole vehicle and shrink them around a person.

2. Joe DeSimone:

   Surgery is the only way to cure this cancer, yet many patients cannot undergo surgery because the tumor is too advanced and may involve critical blood vessels, the device could be implanted to initially shrink the tumors so that patients who couldn't get surgery would now be able to, and patients undergoing surgery may have better tumor clearance.

3. Letitia Elizabeth Landon:

   There are in existence two periods when we shrink from any great vicissitude—early youth and old age. In the middle of life, we are indifferent to change ; for we have discovered that nothing is, in the end, so good or so bad as it at first appeared.

4. Ben Jealous:

   I think she's at her high water mark, i think you'll see that begin to change as folks start to tune in as we head into the Super Tuesday states ...That support will begin to shrink.

5. Alex Brazier:

   The Bank will have a bias to acting early and gradually. It expects to be adding around 1 percent to the countercyclical capital buffer on UK exposures of all banks, even before the overall threat of future losses looks high, and if threats materialise, or shrink, the Bank will reduce its expectation for capital buffers back towards the baseline level.

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