shrink

  • 121shrink — v 1. draw back, shy away, recoil, start back; back away, move back, retreat, retire, withdraw; balk, hesitate; wince, flinch, cringe. 2. contract, narrow, shorten, constrict, lessen in size, become smaller or reduced; shrivel or shrivel up,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 122shrink —  Losses due to shoplifting …

    American business jargon

  • 123shrink —   1. Contract. Miki.   Also: ho ohāiki, ho o i ika, kīkenenei, lele, ne ine i, piki, pipiki, puku.   2. Recoil. Eke, ekeke i, mū e eke, pu e eke, kuemi, mene, pipika, kaumuku; kūpau (rare) …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 124shrink — /ʃrɪŋk/ verb to get smaller ● The market has shrunk by 20%. ● The company is having difficulty selling into a shrinking market. (NOTE: shrinking – shrank – has shrunk) …

    Marketing dictionary in english

  • 125shrink — /ʃrɪŋk/ verb to get smaller ● The market has shrunk by 20%. ● The company is having difficulty selling into a shrinking market. NOTE: shrinking–shrank–has shrunk) …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 126shrink on — phrasal : to cause (as a metal ring or hoop) to become fixed tightly around another object by heating sufficiently to slip into place while expanded and then allowing to cool and contract …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 127To shrink on — Shrink Shrink, v. t. 1. To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water. [1913 Webster] 2. To draw back; to withdraw. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn. Milton. [1913 Webster] {To shrink… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 128shrink back from — be deterred from …

    English contemporary dictionary