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Abhor :: Abhor (v. i.) To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with.

Contractility :: Contractility (n.) The quality or property by which bodies shrink or contract.

Shrivel :: Shrivel (v. t.) To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.

Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking..

Wincer :: Wincer (n.) One who, or that which, winces, shrinks, or kicks..

Fulling :: Fulling (n.) The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure..

Crimple :: Crimple (v. t.) To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl.

Dastard :: Dastard (n.) One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon.

Abort :: Abort (v. i.) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile..

Scrim :: Scrim (n.) Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc..

Shrink :: Shrink (v. t.) To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water..

Shrinkage :: Shrinkage (n.) Decrease in value; depreciation.

Shrink :: Shrink (v. t.) To draw back; to withdraw.

Coy :: Coy (v. i.) To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity.

Wince :: Wince (v. i.) To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back..

Lessen :: Lessen (v. i.) To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened..

Abhor :: Abhor (v. t.) To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.

Constrict :: Constrict (v. t.) To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.

Coy :: Coy (a.) Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry..

Shrinkingly :: Shrinkingly (adv.) In a shrinking manner.

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