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shrink

Nouns

• (n) a physician who specializes in psychiatry head-shrinker, psychiatrist,

Verbs

• (v) wither, as with a loss of moisture
  • The fruit dried and shriveled
  shrivel, shrivel up, wither,
• (v) draw back, as with fear or pain
  • she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
  cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, wince, squinch,
• (v) reduce in size; reduce physically
  • Hot water will shrink the sweater
  • Can you shrink this image?
  reduce,
• (v) become smaller or draw together
  • The fabric shrank
  • The balloon shrank
  contract,
• (v) decrease in size, range, or extent
  • His earnings shrank
  • My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
  shrivel,

Synonyms

shrivel shrivel up wither head-shrinker psychiatrist cringe flinch funk quail recoil wince squinch reduce contract

Antonyms

stretch expand spread out

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