Definition of shrink

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Shrink (n.) The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal..

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Contractility :: Contractility (n.) The quality or property by which bodies shrink or contract.
Wrinkle :: Wrinkle (n.) A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle in cloth..
Revolt :: Revolt (n.) To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence..
Shrank :: Shrank () imp. of Shrink.
Shrinker :: Shrinker (n.) One who shrinks; one who withdraws from danger.
Shram :: Shram (v. t.) To cause to shrink or shrivel with cold; to benumb.
Constrict :: Constrict (v. t.) To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.
Funk :: Funk (v. i.) To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice..
Withering :: Withering (a.) Tending to wither; causing to shrink or fade.
Coy :: Coy (v. i.) To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity.
Abort :: Abort (v. i.) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile..
Shrimp :: Shrimp (v. t.) To contract; to shrink.
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..
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.
Shrinkage :: Shrinkage (n.) Decrease in value; depreciation.
Shrink :: Shrink (v. t.) To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water..
Blencher :: Blencher (n.) One who blenches, flinches, or shrinks back..
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink..
Cringe :: Cringe (n.) Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility..
Shrink :: Shrink (v. t.) To draw back; to withdraw.
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