HyperDic: shrink

English > 6 senses of the word *shrink*:
VERB	change	shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither	wither, as with a loss of moisture
	motion	shrink, flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, wince, recoil, quail	draw back, as with fear or pain
	change	shrink, reduce	reduce in size
	change	shrink, contract	become smaller or draw together
	change	shrink, shrivel	decrease in size, range, or extent
NOUN	person	shrink, psychiatrist, head-shrinker	a physician who specializes in psychiatry

shrink > pronunciation
Sounds	shrih'ngk
Rhymes	blink ... zinc: 27 rhymes with ihngk...

English > *shrink*: 6 senses > noun 1, person
Meaning	A physician who specializes in psychiatry.
Synonyms	psychiatrist, head-shrinker
Instances	Horney, Karen Horney, Karen Danielsen Horney	United States psychiatrist (1885-1952)
	Jaspers, Karl Jaspers, Karl Theodor Jaspers	German psychiatrist (1883-1969)
	Menninger, Charles Menninger, Charles Frederick Menninger	United States psychiatrist who with his sons founded a famous psychiatric clinic in Topeka (1862-1953)
	Menninger, Karl Menninger, Karl Augustus Menninger	United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1893-1990)
	Menninger, William Menninger, William Claire Menninger	United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1899-1966)
	Sullivan, Harry Stack Sullivan	United States psychiatrist (1892-1949)
Narrower	alienist	A psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness
Narrower	analyst, psychoanalyst	A licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis
Broader	specialist, medical specialist	practices one branch of medicine
Spanish	loquero, psiquiatra, siquiatra
Catalan	psiquiatra, psiquiatre

English > *shrink*: 6 senses > verb 1, change
Meaning	wither, as with a loss of moisture.
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonyms	shrivel, shrivel up, wither
Narrower	atrophy	Undergo atrophy / atrophy
	blast	Shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
	die back, die down	Suffer from a disease that kills shoots
	mummify, dry up	dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture
Broader	decrease, diminish, lessen, fall	decrease in size, extent, or range
Spanish	consumirse, debilitarse, encoger, languidecer, marchitarse, marchitar, mermar, mustiarse, mustiar
Catalan	debilitar-se, emmusteir-se, marcir-se, marcir, mustiar-se, mustiar, mustigar-se, mustigar, pansir-se, pansir

English > *shrink*: 6 senses > verb 2, motion
Meaning	draw back, as with fear or pain.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Synonyms	flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, wince, recoil, quail
Narrower	shrink back, retract	pull away from a source of disgust or fear
Broader	move	Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
Spanish	contraerse, encogerse, reaccionar, recular, retroceder
Catalan	acovardir-se, contreure's, encongir-se, recular, retrocedir

English > *shrink*: 6 senses > verb 3, change
Meaning	Reduce in size; reduce physically.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"Hot water will shrink the sweater" "Can you shrink this image?"
Synonym	reduce
Cause to	shrink, contract	Become smaller or draw together
Narrower	contract	make smaller
	depopulate, desolate	Reduce in population
	downsize	Make in a smaller size
	miniaturize, miniaturise	design or construct on a smaller scale
	reduce, scale down	make smaller
	reef	Reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
Broader	decrease, lessen, minify	make smaller
Spanish	contraer, encoger, mermar
Catalan	contraure, contreure, encongir
Nouns	shrinking, shrinkage	process or result of becoming less or smaller

English > *shrink*: 6 senses > verb 4, change
Meaning	Become smaller or draw together.
Pattern	Something ----s
Model	These fabrics shrink easily
Synonym	contract
Caused by	shrink, reduce	Reduce in size
Narrower	flex	contract
Broader	decrease, diminish, lessen, fall	decrease in size, extent, or range
Opposite	expand, spread out	Extend in one or more directions
Opposite	stretch	Become longer by being stretched and pulled
Spanish	achicarse, contraerse, contraer, encogerse, encoger, mermar
Catalan	contraure, contreure, encongir, minvar
Nouns	shrinkage	process or result of becoming less or smaller

English > *shrink*: 6 senses > verb 5, change
Meaning	decrease in size, range, or extent.
Pattern	Something ----s
Model	Their earnings shrink this year
Synonym	shrivel
Broader	decrease, diminish, lessen, fall	decrease in size, extent, or range
Nouns	shrinking	the act of becoming less

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