shrink
11shrink — shriŋk n a clinical psychiatrist or psychologist called also headshrinker …
12shrink n — shrink wrapped adj …
13shrink — 1 *contract, constrict, compress, condense, deflate Analogous words: *decrease, reduce, diminish, lessen: *shorten, abridge, retrench, curtail Antonyms: swell Contrasted words: *expand, amplify, distend, dilate, inflate …
14shrink — has a past tense shrank and a past participle shrunk, but shrunken is the normal adjectival form in both physical and abstract senses: • She was a thin sickly child with a tremendous head of dark curly hair, a tiny shrunken face and enormous eyes …
15shrink|er — «SHRIHNG kuhr», noun. 1. a device or agent used in shrinking. 2. a person who draws away from something, such as duty or social contact. 3. U.S. Slang. a psychiatrist …
16shrink — shrink1 [ ʃrıŋk ] (past tense shrank [ ʃræŋk ] or shrunk [ ʃrʌŋk ] ; past participle shrunk [ ʃrʌŋk ] ) verb * 1. ) intransitive to become smaller in size: Do you think this dress will shrink if I handwash it? Many people shrink in old age. a )… …
17shrink — I UK [ʃrɪŋk] / US verb Word forms shrink : present tense I/you/we/they shrink he/she/it shrinks present participle shrinking past tense shrank UK [ʃræŋk] / US or shrunk UK [ʃrʌŋk] / US past participle shrunk UK [ʃrʌŋk] / US * 1) a) [intransitive] …
18shrink — shrink1 [ʃrıŋk] v past tense shrank [ʃræŋk] past participle shrunk [ʃrʌŋk] [: Old English; Origin: scrincan] 1.) [I and T] to become smaller, or to make something smaller, through the effects of heat or water ▪ I m worried about washing that… …
19shrink — [[t]ʃrɪ̱ŋk[/t]] shrinks, shrinking, shrank, shrunk 1) VERB If cloth or clothing shrinks, it becomes smaller in size, usually as a result of being washed. All my jumpers have shrunk. 2) V ERG If something shrinks or something else shrinks it, it… …
20shrink — pre·shrink; shrink; shrink·able; shrink·age; shrink·er; shrink·ing·ly; …
