shrink

About 2.89 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To cause to become smaller.

   The dryer shrank my sweater.

2. verb To become smaller; to contract.

   This garment will shrink when wet.

3. verb To cower or flinch.

   Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip.

4. verb To draw back; to withdraw.
5. verb To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
6. verb To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
7. noun Shrinkage; contraction; recoil.
8. noun A psychiatrist or psychotherapist.

   You need to see a shrink, you crazy fool.

Similar words

reduce shrivel shrivel up wither quail cringe flinch recoil wince funk

Often followed by

from and the to in back into away with

Word family

shrank shrinkable shrinker shrinkers shrinking shrinks shrunk shrunken