Definitions for shrink

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Spelling: [shringk]

IPA: /ʃrɪŋk/

Shrink is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in shrink (hiknrs).

Definitions for shrink

noun

1. an act or instance of shrinking.
2. a shrinking movement.
3. shrinkage.
4. Also, shrinker. Also called head shrinker.Slang. a psychotherapist, psychiatrist, or psychoanalyst.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to shrink or contract; reduce.
2. Textiles. to cause (a fabric) to contract during finishing, thus preventing shrinkage, during laundering, of the garments made from it.

verb (used without object)

1. to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance:
2. to contract or lessen in size, as from exposure to conditions of temperature or moisture:
3. to become reduced in extent or compass.

Origin of shrink

before 900; 1955-60 for def 9; Middle English schrinken, Old English scrincan; cognate with Middle Dutch schrinken, Swedish skrynka to shrink, Norwegian skrukka old shrunken woman

Examples for shrink

Her magical ability to shrink people just by staring at them is also put to great use here.

She was not conscious—how could she be and not shrink from my caress?

Even as we cheer for her stamina, we shrink from her rapacity.

It then begins to shrink and contract with the greatest uniformity.

Why shrink from us, then, as though we were the spawn of the Evil One?

I learned some things I can't unlearn: human kneecaps look like rocks; bones when burnt, shrink and twist.

Republicans can change their brand, appeal to the electorate, shrink government, grow the economy, and save capitalism.

And yet, though I shrink from the idea of fighting, I might in some way help those who are.

But yet opening it again, seeing me shrink back—Go, if you will!

The underlying economic factors that cause deficits to shrink often create circumstances that push them to shrink even faster.