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1. Decrease in size, range, or extent
   "His earnings shrank"
   - shrivel
    
2. Wither, as with a loss of moisture
   - shrivel, shrivel up, wither
    
3. Draw back, as with fear or pain
   "she shrank when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
   - flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, wince, recoil, quail, blench
    
4. Reduce in size; reduce physically
   "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
   - reduce
    
5. Become smaller or draw together
   "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
   - contract

1. A physician who specializes in psychiatry
   - psychiatrist, head-shrinker

Derived forms: shrunk, shrank, shrinks, shrinking

See also: shrinkage, shrinking

Type of: decrease, diminish, fall, lessen, medical specialist, minify, move, specialist

Antonym: stretch

Encyclopedia: Shrink