Definition of shrink

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

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Wrinkle :: Wrinkle (v. i.) To shrink into furrows and ridges.
Bashful :: Bashful (a.) Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression..
Shrink :: Shrink (n.) The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal..
Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake..
Unflinching :: Unflinching (a.) Not flinching or shrinking; unyielding.
Constringe :: Constringe (v. t.) To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.
Abort :: Abort (v. i.) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile..
Contract :: Contract (v. i.) To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet..
Shrinkage :: Shrinkage (n.) Decrease in value; depreciation.
Quail :: Quail (v. i.) To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.
Fulling :: Fulling (n.) The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure..
Wince :: Wince (v. i.) To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back..
Shrinkage :: Shrinkage (n.) The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc..
Contraction :: Contraction (n.) The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendion; the contraction produced by cold..
Shrivel :: Shrivel (v. i.) To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up..
Wither :: Wither (v. t.) To cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal moisture..
Blencher :: Blencher (n.) One who blenches, flinches, or shrinks back..
Coy :: Coy (v. i.) To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity.
Shrunken :: Shrunken () p. p. & a. from Shrink.
Shrinker :: Shrinker (n.) One who shrinks; one who withdraws from danger.
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