Definition of shrink

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

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Constrict :: Constrict (v. t.) To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.
Dwindle :: Dwindle (v. i.) To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
Coy :: Coy (v. i.) To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity.
Crimple :: Crimple (v. t.) To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl.
Shrinking :: Shrinking () a. & n. from Shrink.
Shrink :: Shrink (n.) The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal..
Shrinkingly :: Shrinkingly (adv.) In a shrinking manner.
Cringe :: Cringe (v. t.) To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.
Flinch :: Flinch (v. i.) To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shrink; to wince; as, one of the parties flinched from the combat..
Wither :: Wither (v. t.) To cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal moisture..
Dastard :: Dastard (a.) Meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly.
Recoil :: Recoil (n.) A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood..
Revolt :: Revolt (n.) To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence..
Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted..
Withering :: Withering (a.) Tending to wither; causing to shrink or fade.
Shrunken :: Shrunken () p. p. & a. from Shrink.
Funking :: Funking (n.) A shrinking back through fear.
Wince :: Wince (v. i.) To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back..
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..
Blench :: Blench (v. i.) To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail..
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