VERB | change | shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither | wither, as with a loss of moisture |
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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 |
Sounds | shrih'ngk | |
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Rhymes | blink ... zinc: 27 rhymes with ihngk... |
Meaning | wither, as with a loss of moisture. | |
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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 |
Meaning | draw back, as with fear or pain. | |
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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 |
Meaning | Reduce in size; reduce physically. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Examples |
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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 |
Meaning | Become smaller or draw together. | |
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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 |
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 |
Meaning | decrease in size, range, or extent. | |
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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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